Dr. Emer Begley:

Regarding reasonable accommodations, if we look at the definition of disability around participation in society equal to others, we are finding that when reasonable accommodations are implemented, they often require people to have information that is not always there to inform themselves, their employers and the schools. They often have to jump through many hoops to get those reasonable accommodations, so in no way is it equal to others in society in that sense. It creates a barrier. Like the WRC example given by Dr. Raley, while there may be accessible aspects outlined or introduced into access to the WRC, there are significant barriers to the person being able to realise those reasonable accommodations. In schools, reasonable accommodations may be available but parents have to know how to go about getting the assessments and to have the report for the school and there is a cost to that.