Once I read "what you’d like most is to be part of the conversation about what accommodations you need," it seemed a little pathetic that it needed to be said at all.
But it's of a piece with Administrative Professionals Day (no need to ask your support staff what they'd like, or to ask your female engineers if they'd like to be included in support staff celebrations because of their sex, because We Know What Makes The Little Ladies Feel Special) and stuff like that.
I think fundamentally there's something about these situations that makes people stop thinking of business manners and start using private-life manners instead. In private life, a gift often means more if it's a surprise. In business, when you want to accommodate or compensate someone, you ask what they would value.
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But it's of a piece with Administrative Professionals Day (no need to ask your support staff what they'd like, or to ask your female engineers if they'd like to be included in support staff celebrations because of their sex, because We Know What Makes The Little Ladies Feel Special) and stuff like that.
I think fundamentally there's something about these situations that makes people stop thinking of business manners and start using private-life manners instead. In private life, a gift often means more if it's a surprise. In business, when you want to accommodate or compensate someone, you ask what they would value.