Designing workplace accommodation processes that function as intended.
I work with institutions to identify where their existing processes break down — and what it takes to fix them.
Most accommodation processes are built to reach decisions. The ADA’s interactive process is built to find solutions. Those are not the same thing. That gap is where most failures begin. My work examines how that design choice plays out in practice and what institutions need to change to close it.
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
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.