Free resource
Reasonable Accommodations Worksheet
A fillable PDF for neurodivergent folx navigating workplace or school accommodations — privately, offline, before any conversation happens.
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What's inside
Thirteen pages. Complete it across several sittings, in whatever order suits you. Leave any section blank.
- Legal floor — what the ADA and Section 504 actually require
- Formal vs. informal routes — and how to choose between them
- Barrier inventory organized by domain (sensory, executive function, communication, scheduling, bodily autonomy)
- Translation exercise — turning felt experience into functional limitation language, with worked examples
- Accommodation menu across eight categories including interviewing
- Prioritisation step — which barrier to address first
- Three disclosure levels laid out separately, with a risk assessment
- Fill-in-the-blanks draft of the request itself
- Interactive process log — record what happens as it happens
Nothing you enter is submitted anywhere
The worksheet is a local PDF. It does not connect to any server. Your answers stay on your device. No account, no email, no tracking.
Asking Without Overexplaining: Neurodivergent Accommodations
The full clinical essay behind this worksheet — covering the guidance problem, the translation from felt experience to functional limitation language, the formal vs. informal routes, three disclosure levels, the Ameri (2018) field experiment on disability disclosure, and what to do when the process stalls. 14-minute read.
This worksheet is educational and general in nature. It is not legal advice, does not create a therapist–client or attorney–client relationship, and is not a substitute for individualized clinical or legal guidance about your circumstances. Employment and education law varies by jurisdiction and changes over time. This website is not monitored for emergencies. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), call 911, or go to your nearest emergency room.