Accessibility & accommodations · Core

Reasonable adjustment

Also called: reasonable accommodation

ELI5

A practical change that removes a barrier for a disabled person where it is reasonable to provide.

Used in conversation

“A quieter audition room is a reasonable adjustment we can provide without changing the role.”

Definition

A change to remove or reduce a substantial disadvantage for a disabled person under applicable law and circumstances.

Here “Reasonable adjustment” means: A change to remove or reduce a substantial disadvantage for a disabled person under applicable law and circumstances.

Pitch context

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Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.