It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls to provide reasonable
accommodations for qualified handicapped individuals who are employees or applicants
for employment. This organization will adhere to all applicable federal, state and local
laws, regulations, and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as
required to afford equal employment opportunity to qualified handicapped individuals.
Reasonable accommodations shall be provided in a timely and cost-effective manner.
7.7.2.1 Handicapped Individual:
Any person who has, or who has acquired a physical or mental impairment, has a record
of such impairment, or who is regarded as having an impairment which limits one or
more major life activities, such as self care, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing,
speaking, breathing, and working on a temporary or permanent basis.
7.7.2.2 Physical or mental impairment:
Any physiological disorder, disfigurement, or anatomical loss or limitation, or any mental
or psychological disorder acquired as a result of illness, accident or birth.
7.7.2.3 Qualified handicapped individual:
A handicapped individual whose experience, education and/or training enable the person
with reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.
7.7.2.4 Reasonable accommodation:
The effort made to make adjustments for the impairment of an employee or applicant by
structuring the job or the work environment in a manner that will enable the handicapped
individual to perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation
includes, but is not limited to, modifying written examinations, making facilities
accessible, adjusting work schedules, restructuring jobs, providing assistive devices or
equipment, providing readers or interpreters, and modifying work sites.
