Department employees with disabilities proudly represent America as members of the Foreign and Civil Service, as Locally Employed staff, and as contractors. All serve with distinction at embassies, consulates, and Department of State offices around the world and across the United States. 

Our Bureau of Human Resources includes the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations (OAA). OAA works with employees and job applicants with disabilities to ensure they have the tools they need to succeed. 

Reasonable accommodations span a wide range of potential services, technologies, and/or workplace modifications. Prospective candidates and current employees can request accommodations such as assistive technology, American Sign Language interpreting services, and support specialists, or readers. 

Reasonable accommodations are individualized, and employees are central to the interactive reasonable accommodation process. 

To learn more about reasonable accommodations, contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations (OAA) at OAA@state.gov. OAA's Disability and Reasonable Accommodations Division (DRAD) manages all accommodation requests. The reasonable accommodation process involves an interactive and collaborative dialogue between OAA/DRAD, the requesting individual, and the individual's hiring manager.