Dr. Meredith Raley:

The disproportionate burden is disproportionate to the organisation being talked about. We do not expect a coffee shop to accommodate people in the same way we might expect a large insurance company to do so. It depends on the resources the organisation has. That has to do with small employers or small providers. We also point out that what are needed are proper State supports in such cases to help smaller businesses and organisations to properly support people with disabilities. In the case of employment, some of those are already there. Employers can access the reasonable accommodation fund through which they can receive money to buy adapted desks or monitors, for example. Most employers do not seem to know it is there. It is always underdrawn. Not only is it important to have State supports in place for smaller organisations to draw on, but since those supports are consistently underdrawn when they exist, it is also important to raise awareness of them and make sure that employers are aware that State supports are there to help them to accommodate people. It is a two-stage approach: making sure the proper funds are in place and making sure the people who can access them are aware of these funds.