Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED)
A research partnership to support the sustained employment of people with intermittent, chronic health conditions
The ACED toolkit
The Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT) is a free tool that helps workers with chronic and episodic conditions—and the workplace parties who support them—identify supports and accommodations tailored to diverse job demands so that workers can successfully remain in their jobs.
Learn moreDCIDE (Decision-Support for Communicating about Invisible Disabilities that are Episodic) is a free tool to help workers consider whether or not to share some personal health information with others at work.
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About
Find out what ACED is all about—why it’s needed, who it’s for and what it hopes to accomplish. And learn what ACED means by “episodic disabilities.”
Tools
Read about the development of the toolkit at the heart of ACED, as well as the workplace tools available from our partners that incorporate ACED expertise.
Team
Meet the ACED project team, which includes Institute for Work & Health researchers, other academics, and representatives of organizations serving people with episodic disabilities.
Get involved
Find out how you can get involved with ACED, from pilot testing a tool or resource to taking part in a survey about work and episodic disabilities.