Although employment of disabled workers generally requires special considerations in workplace design, accommodating disabled workers creates a larger labor pool, helps reduce long-term disability, rehabilitation and retraining costs associated with occupational injuries. Accommodating the disabled employee is a specialized segment of ergonomic job design - "fitting the job to the worker". Assessment is performed of the abilities of the person and the demands of the job. Recommendations are made regarding equipment, materials, work methods, job structure, and work area and/or environment.