| This study explores the perceptions of subordinates toward leaders with visible disabilities. Technological advancement in the medical field changed how leaders with visible disabilities function in the workplace. Federal and state changes in laws and public policy also provided people with disabilities more accessibility, opportunities, freedom, and independence in the workplace. Leadership perceptions among people with visible disabilities, with regard to disabled leaders, is a relatively new area of study focusing on the leadership roles of people with disabilities throughout history, literature, public policy, law, government, and other disciplines.;The key indicators of leadership are identified in this study. However, the combination of the two concepts of leadership and disability resulted in little to no research on leaders with disabilities. This research outlined five concepts that impact people with disabilities: social inclusion, social construction, attitudes and perceptions, assistive technology, and situational leadership. Within these concepts, designing research that asks positive questions about people with disabilities can transform people's perspectives about disability in the workplace. Analyzing Mihalyi Csikszentmihayi's concepts of Flow helped explore the experiences of leaders with visible disabilities by determining the role of workplace factors. |
