Access to Public Employment for Persons with Disabilities in Jordan: Legal Framework, Policy, and Barriers

Sufficient degree of intelligence.

Normal hearing and no otitis or ear diseases that may prevent functioning.

The integrity of the eyes from any deficiency or disease that may affect their functioning, sufficient visual is ruled as follows:

1. Visual acuity is 6/12 in each eye or 6/6 in one eye and 6/18 in the other, with or without glasses, with the denominator in both eyes no more than 24.

2. Eyeglasses may be used with a lens strength of no more than eight diopters.

3. In contact lenses, the strength of the lens should not exceed minus five and a half or plus eight and a half diopters.

   The method of calculating the strength of lenses in eyeglasses is algebraically grouped according to the following example:

   The power of the lens is *180 × 2.00 + / 5.00+

   6.00 + = 2/2 + 5.00+

   or

   The power of the lens is 180 × 4.00 –/ 3.000+

   1.00 = (–4) + 3.00 + 1.00 = (–4) + 3.00+

   Visual strength for non-professional and non-technical categories: (Occupations that do not require normal visual power or above care in both eyes and have a total denominator in both eyes of no more than 36)

   Vision must be at least 6/18, 6/18, 6/6, 6/24 with or without glasses.

   Color Vision:

   Character and color differentiation is required for both professional and technical categories.

Efficiency of linguistic skills.

Efficiency of the heart and lungs.

Healthy rib cage and lack of defective abnormalities.

The integrity of the limbs, spine, and joints to be free from defects affecting the nature of work.

Large hernias and similar types and/or large Meningocele and similar types that keep the employee from doing their work as usual, until recovery as per the rules.

Uncurable Hemocoel and Elephantiasis based on a medical report from a general surgeon.

A disease that leads to the removal of the spleen, unless it is already removed and the patient has fully recovered.

Pulmonary tuberculosis until recovery.

Chronic allergic bronchiolitis, and bacterial inflammation accompanied by a change in the shape of the chest and obvious clinical abnormalities in the lungs.

Subacute pulmonary diseases of various types and causes as well as pulmonary abscesses and clusters Psoriasis (genetic effusion) and other chest infections until they heal.

Malignant tumors that have not been cured.

Benign tumors if they prevent functioning, until removed.

Albumin that does not respond to treatment.

Unresponsive Addison’s disease.

Uncontrolled epilepsy that goes against the nature of the work (controlled epilepsy means seizure-free epilepsy during the last three years).

Terminal mental disorders and mental retardation.

AIDS patient with limitations on tasks and job duties.

Irreversible and Organic heart diseases.