Tracie DeFreitas Saab, M.S.
Human Factors Consultant
Sensory Impairment Specialist
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
JAN Conference Training Coordinator

Tracie D. Saab is a Human Factors Consultant and Sensory Impairment Specialist for the Job Accommodation Network (JAN). Ms. Saab began as a graduate student with JAN in 1994 and has been a valued member of the JAN consultant staff since 1995. She is JAN’s senior Sensory Impairment Specialist and provides accommodation information and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance assistance for individuals with sensory, immunology, and endocrinology related limitations, such as hearing impairment, chemical sensitivity, respiratory impairment, AIDS/HIV, and diabetes. Ms. Saab is an experienced national speaker who specializes in ADA Title I and Rehabilitation Act compliance, the interactive accommodation process, and using assistive technology as a job accommodation.

Ms. Saab is credited with a number of documents related to her field of expertise, including JAN publications such as The Job Accommodation Process, Reasonable Accommodation and the Interactive Process, Accommodating People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Accommodating People with Fragrance Sensitivity, Accommodation and Compliance Series: Employees with Respiratory Impairments, Job Accommodations for People with Speech-Language Impairment, and many others.

Ms. Saab is a graduate of West Virginia University (WVU) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. She has served as a clinical instructor for WVU’s Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Program, WVU's Graduate Certificate Program in Vocational Evaluation and Job Accommodation, and Virginia Commonwealth University's RRTC on Workplace Supports Web course.

Ms. Saab also serves as the JAN Conference Training Coordinator.