Designing ADA interactive processes that function as intended.
I examine how ADA interactive processes and related accommodation systems operate in practice, and where they structurally break down.
The ADA interactive process is the legally required process for determining workplace accommodations between an employer and an employee with a disability.
In practice, it often functions as a screening mechanism rather than a genuine process for identifying workable accommodations.
This gap between how the process is defined and how it operates in practice is the focus of my work.
Consulting
I analyze how responsibility, expertise, authority, and risk are structured within ADA interactive processes and related systems, and work with institutions to identify what must change for workplace accommodations to be timely and effective.
Engagements are diagnostic and advisory, focused on institutional design rather than individual case handling.
Speaking
I give talks that clarify how ableism operates in institutions and cultures and why accommodation systems break down, offering analytic frameworks leaders can use to understand and address these failures.
Featured Talks
• We Need to Talk About Ableism
• Structural Ableism in Institutional Practice
• Making the Interactive Process Work
Expertise
I am a philosopher and former professor working at the intersection of disability, ableism, and institutional design. Drawing on 24 years in higher education and my experience navigating failed accommodations, I analyze where ADA interactive processes break down and what institutional effectiveness would require.