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Trump Administration Strips Disability Accommodations at NSF

June 02, 2026 8:27 AM | DCSS Admin (Administrator)

From the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

Agency Denial of Disability Accommodations Sets Dangerous Precedent for All Workers (Jun 1)

"The National Science Foundation is denying or cancelling reasonable accommodations for its disabled and medically vulnerable employees – setting a dangerous precedent that could destabilize disability rights across the entire country. ... NSF leadership is attempting to justify the rollback by citing the agency’s upcoming relocation to a new headquarters – which is a few hundred yards from the previous headquarters that has been taken over by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. NSF management is insisting that employees must first experience the new office space without their established reasonable accommodations, arguing that the necessity of these medical adjustments in a new environment has not yet been 'tested.'”

Read the complete announcement on the AFGE website.

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