Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) provides instructions for the implementation of NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 3713.8A, "Provision of Reasonable Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities." This NPR provides instructions to NASA management and staff that receive, coordinate, review, process, and approve requests for reasonable accommodation at NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including component facilities.

This NPR further provides standard procedures for timely and accurate processing of requests for reasonable accommodation. These procedures shall assist NASA in fulfilling its obligations for ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities who request reasonable accommodation receive a proper response within the shortest time possible. Further, this NPR establishes criteria for collecting and annually reporting data on the numbers and types of reasonable accommodation requests received and processed at NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including component facilities.

This NPR is not intended to cover those situations where an employee has a temporary medical condition that does not rise to the level of a disability (see App. A, § A.4 for a definition of an individual with a disability) but, where the manager may, nonetheless, offer some adjustment to the work space.

Applicability

This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including component facilities. Any reference to Center designations includes Headquarters.