5: Make Your Own Workplace Accessible
Meet Juanita
Caption: Juanita and her dog guide attend a training session. Service animals enable people with low vision, as well as people who are totally blind, to travel independently.
Juanita, who is blind, is attending her agency's new employee orientation training.
When she arrives, Mike, the training coordinator, hands her a stack of handouts in standard print.
As he presents his material, Mike fails to describe the images he uses to illustrate his multimedia presentation.
What does Juanita miss?
- Juanita cannot use the printed handouts.
- She also misses the information provided through the images in Mike's presentation.
Outline
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What is accessibility?
- 3. The Law
- 4: Who benefits from accessibility?
- 5. Make Your Own Workplace Accessible
- Meet Becky & George
- What Are Some Benefits to Video Captioning?
- Meet Juanita
- What Could Mike Do Differently?
- Meet Julie
- What Could Julie Do Differently?
- Accessible Email
- Are There Other Ways We Can Make Electronic Information Accessible?
- Things to Consider When Choosing an Alternative Format
- What Else Can We Do?
- Exception Policy
- Review
- 6. Resources
