Best way to seek ADA Accommodations?
Content
Best way to seek ADA Accommodations? Hello everyone, I am looking to get certain ADA accommodations at work because of my moderate speech impediment. I have been able to work decently so far....Recently my stutter has been getting worse likely due to getting older and feeling more depressed and anxious. I had sort of a mental breakdown recently after being unable to bottle up my feeling about my stutter anymore and being tired of suffering for years. Well, I just "came out" to my 2 best friends and family about how I been feeling all this time and how I been suffering in silence. They motivated me to seek professional help and get accommodations at work to at least make that part of my life easier. I work as a pharmacist at sort of a call center, and thankfully I might be able to be transferred to a non speaking department at the same office, or at least work half of my shift doing calls and the other half off the phones (something along those lines). Anyways, I am now in process of getting those ADA accommodations. I need to have my doctor fill the paperwork and send it to my employer. Problem is I am not under the care of any doctor/PCP. What kind of health care provider should I see that would be able to sign these forms for me. I feel like going to a PCP would be a waste of time. They barely spend 15 minutes or whatever with you, and I don't think I would convince a PCP on a first visit that I have a speech impediment and why/to what extent/specific accommodations I am requesting. I don't think PCPs are even qualified to make that kind of assessment for people with speech impediments. I would need AT LEAST 30min to fully explain the nature of my stutter and how it affects my life. Would a better path be to just go to a Speech Language Pathologist instead? Also the form says its needs to be filled by a health care provider but at the bottom asks for the contact info of the physician, and I know that SLPs are not physicians. So would an SLP be able to sign the form? I know that's a better question for my employer but I'll have to wait till Monday to ask. Thank you.