Melanie Whetzel
Lead Consultant – Cognitive/Neurological TeamMelanie joined the JAN staff as a consultant on the Cognitive / Neurological Team in February 2008. She has a fourteen year history of teaching and advocating for students with disabilities in the public school system.
Melanie holds a Master of Arts degree in Special Education, a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and has earned sixty hours above masters’ level. Her post-graduate work has been primarily focused on special education. She most recently completed a graduate certification in Career Planning and Placement for Youth in Transition, and became a certified brain injury specialist in December 2014.
As the Lead Consultant on the Cognitive / Neurological Team, Melanie specializes in learning disabilities, mental impairments, developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and brain injuries. She presents nationally on these topics as well as authors publications.
Publications
- Employee Accommodation Inquiry Letter
- Disability Awareness Training
- Less Clutter, More Productivity
- Getting to Work on Time
- Morale and Fairness Issues Related to Accommodations under the ADA
- Parents as Caregivers, Not Qualified Employees under the ADA
- Hidden Disabilities: Confidentiality and Travel
- Interviewing Tips for Applicants with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Is Menopause a Disability under the ADA?
- Documentation of a Learning Disability
- Epilepsy, Driving, and Employment
- A Support Person as an Accommodation
Articles
- Auditory Processing Difficulties in the Workplace
- A Fictional Representation of a Very Real Disorder
- Accommodating Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
- In the Spotlight: Stroke
- Accommodating an Aging Workforce
- What is PseudoBalbar Affect?
- Providing a Reader as an Accommodation
- June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month
- Job Coaches and Support People for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
- Back-to-School Survival Kit
- The ABCs of Back to School
- Executive Function Deficits, Higher Level Employees, and Accommodations
- Postpartum Depression
- Interview Tips for New Grads with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- Workplace Mentoring: It’s all Good!
- Phobias in the Workplace