Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A16-1
Asking for Accommodations — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind asking for accommodations and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey understands appointments better with a written summary.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Accommodations can reduce environmental barriers rather than demanding more endurance.
The idea
Accommodations can reduce environmental barriers rather than demanding more endurance.
An ordinary example
Casey understands appointments better with a written summary.
What this can look like
Draft a request for written information, quieter space, flexible timing, or another personally relevant support.
Check the fit
What change would improve access to care or participation? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A personal recovery goal and a symptom-management strategy serve related but different purposes; the person defines what a meaningful life includes.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What change would improve access to care or participation?
Conceptual background
Illness Management and Recovery Evidence-Based Practices KIT — SAMHSA
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.