Labor/Employment
Sep. 4, 2026
What employers miss when disability is invisible
Employers should recognize that seemingly neutral workplace policies can disadvantage employees with invisible disabilities and take proactive steps to provide reasonable accommodations, reduce implicit bias and create a genuinely inclusive workplace.
Angel J. Horacek
Managing Attorney
Law Offices of Angel J. Horacek, PC
Phone: (310) 774-0323
Email: angel@horaceklaw.com
UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA
Most employers have been made well aware of their duties to reasonably accommodate disabilities of their employees. Their offices are in ADA-compliant buildings, they claim to be equal opportunity employers, and they may even feature individuals in a wheelchair on their website as representative of their workforce or client base.
However, employers may not realize that they should accommodate their employees who have invisible disabilities as well. This ...
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