Helping Central Texas advance disability inclusion as local affiliate of Disability:IN.
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Webinar – Digital Accessibility: Risks and Opportunities for Businesses – 7/28/21, 11:00 a.m. Central Time
July 28, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
FreeIdentify digital accessibility focus areas and develop a roadmap for improvement in preparation for the 2022 Disability Equality Index (DEI)
About this event
Disability accessibility experts Becky Kekula, Director, Disability Equality Index, and Jack McElaney, VP of Sales & Marketing at Microassist will discuss:
- Why web accessibility is critical to the inclusion of people with disabilities
- Key accessibility areas – from online job applications to accessible e-learning
- DEI digital accessibility questions – lessons learned from the 2021 survey and tips to prepare your organization for 2022
SPONSORED BY DISABILTY:IN CENTRAL TEXAS
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Becky Kekula is the director of the Disability Equality Index. The Disability Equality Index (DEI) is a comprehensive benchmarking tool that helps companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions that they can take to achieve disability inclusion and equality. Each company receives a score, on a scale of zero (0) to 100, with those earning 80 and above recognized as “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.”
A joint initiative of Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the DEI is an objective, reflective, forward-thinking, and CONFIDENTIAL disability inclusion rating tool to assist business.
Jack McElaney works as the VP of Sales & Marketing and Accessibility in the News Publisher for Microassist. Microassist is a hands-on digital accessibility and learning & development consulting firm that creates, delivers, and hosts custom training for clients’ internal and external learners with a special emphasis on usability and accessibility. The entire Microassist team invests time in understanding their clients’ needs and the desired outcome of their accessible training and learning strategies.
About Disability:IN Central Texas
New members welcome!
Being involved on the local level helps to spread your message of disability inclusion to all those that you touch:
- Network with peers to share perspectives about the benefits of disability inclusion.
- Share and receive ideas about implementing disability inclusion best practices.
- Support efforts to build awareness and inclusion of people with disabilities in our Central Texas community.
Our mission
To help Central Texas businesses and the community thrive by realizing disability inclusion in the workplace, supply chain, and marketplace.
Serving Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties.