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title: Young Workers Seek Mental Health Accommodations, Employers Try to Keep Up
description: Accommodations for anxiety, PTSD and other conditions under the Americans With Disabilities Act at the workplace
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# [Young Workers Seek Mental Health Accommodations, Employers Try to Keep Up](https://research.wellnesscoach.live/young-workers-seek-mental-health-accommodations-employers-try-to-keep-up)

 Written by [Wellness Coach](https://research.wellnesscoach.live/author/wellness-coach) | Mar 30, 2020 2:58:15 PM

Managers and younger employees are struggling to adapt as a generation of people with higher rates of reported mental illness enter the workforce.

Many of these new workers are coming to offices from colleges and high schools where they received accommodations, such as extra time to take tests or complete assignments—in some cases from elementary school onward. They are confronting a world of work that operates under different legal standards and less-flexible pressures and deadlines.

[Read full article](https://www.wsj.com/articles/managing-mental-health-at-work-is-a-juggle-of-rights-and-realities-11581523201?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1)

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