title: Operationalizing workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities: A scoping review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The provision of workplace accommodations is a proven strategy in supporting individuals with disabilities at work. Accommodations include a wide range of supports and strategies that are not very well defined beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act in the United States. Understanding the landscape of accommodations is important to measure the impact of programs that support employment of individuals with disabilities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a scoping review and thematic analysis of research literature to identify how workplace accommodations are operationalized and to identify knowledge gaps in its conceptualization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Keywords searches were conducted in seven electronic databases. Title, abstract, and full text screening was conducted followed by a thematic analysis of the content to identify how workplace accommodations are operationalized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 47 studies were selected for review. 433 different types of accommodations were identified, of which assistive technology and specialized equipment represented the most frequently reported type of accommodation (40%). A very small percentage of studies included policy changes (9%) and human assistance (5%) as an accommodation strategy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This scoping review aims to clarify how accommodations are operationalized in the research literature. Key knowledge gaps identified include the systematic exclusion of certain types of supports or disability types.
authors.forename: Vidya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sundar
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012656:Self-Help Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D017132:Workplace / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: ADA; Job accommodations; disability; employment; work; work adjustment