What Accommodations Would Help You At Work?

[Lionheart]

I am disabled with c-PTSD and Depression, I also have 6 different chronic illnesses so that I would need lots of special accommodations to even work part-time. I can't sit, stand, stoop, or bend over for any stretch of time or lift anything over about 10-15 lbs. I can't work with the public and even a desk job would require several breaks per hour to stretch my sore muscles and stiff bones.

I can't really think of anything to help you but I just wanted you to know I think it is great that you are reentering the work-force and I hope you get all of the accommodations you can think of.

 

[Muted]

I think it's amazing you're getting accommodations period @moomin !
At my work, if I were to even suggest accommodations it would be like putting a target on my back.

 

[Cinnamon4z]

Working from home would be such a help even a couple days a week and I could have my dog with me at hom...

What you could do is maybe like schedule the appt near the end of friday or something like that. That way you can more easily get your work done and then go see your T and still be able to recover afterwards

 

[Muted]

What you could do is maybe like schedule the appt near the end of friday or something like that. Tha...

My therapist doesn't work on Fridays otherwise I would. My longer session during the week is at the end of the day and I only have to take off a few minutes early for that one and I don't have to go back until the next day.

 

[J'qel]

Is it a shared or personal workspace? Do you have doors for your office or is it a cubicle? Do they rent the building or own it?

Any messages you get *should* be telling why someone called-it's just silly to get a message that so and so called but they don't know why. Not much use in getting a message like that, because you can't prioritize. That's just basic sense.

All in all, your suggestions are good, but there's a lot of variance on what you can do depending on the environment available, and dependent on your needs. For example: if you have a support animal (that would be a big one, and I do hear that they are a lot of help).