PEAT Newsletter

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March Newsletter

ODEP Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

This year, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Visit ODEP's 20th Anniversary webpage and read more about what’s to come for the future of work for people with disabilities:

"ODEP at 20: Driving Change and Creating Opportunity" by Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy
“ODEP at 20: Driving Change through Accessible Technology” by Nathan Cunningham, Policy Advisor at ODEP

PEAT's Bill Curtis-Davidson Led Session at SXSW

This week, PEAT’s Bill Curtis-Davidson hosted the session, “Disability-Led Innovation in Future Workplaces” at SXSW to explore the #FutureOfWork and how we can ensure people with disabilities are able to contribute their knowledge, skills, and experience toward the design of emerging tech.

PEAT Co-Directors Presented at CSUN

We hosted two timely sessions at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. Co-director Corinne Weible led “Inclusive Telework, Today and Tomorrow,” to help attendees learn how to make telework more accessible. (You can download the slides.) Bill Curtis-Davidson led the session "Future Workplaces Enabled by Inclusive Extended Reality” with fellow presenters Elizabeth Hyman of XR Association and Mike Shebanek of Facebook.

New Telework Resources

Check out the new resources we added to PEAT's "Telework and Accessibility Toolkit." The toolkit helps employers ensure their virtual workplaces are accessible for everyone, including people with disabilities.

XR Access Case Study

PEAT released a new case study on XR Access, a companion piece to our "Accessibility Playbook for Emerging Technology Initiatives." The case study offers an in-depth look at best practices and lessons learned from XR Access that helped inform the Playbook's strategies. Read the case study here.

Zero Project Award

PEAT, along with our partners at the State Exchange on Employment & Disability (SEED), are recent recipients of the Zero Project Award. Last month, leaders from both initiatives presented at the 2021 Zero Project Award Conference to share their efforts to support the development of accessible technology. Once the video is available, we will share it on our social media channels. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Learn more about how to create meaningful career opportunities for neurodiverse job seekers. Listen and read the transcript of our most recent Future of Work podcast - Building Neurodiverse Talent Pools with Jhillika Kumar, Founder and CEO of Mentra.

M-enabling Virtual Leadership Webinar

On April 21st M-enabling will host a half day virtual event exploring “The Acceleration of Innovation in Inclusive Virtual Workplaces for Persons with Disabilities” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. PEAT’s Bill Curtis-Davidson will speak on the panel, “How Digital Accessibility Innovation Will Drive New Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities.” Learn more about the event.

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View the archive of past PEAT newsletters

11/10/2020 – The Future of Work Newsletter, November 2020

10/15/2020 – Oct. Newsletter: U.S. Dept. of Labor to host NDEAM event w/ Vint Cerf, Cathy Hackl, and more

08/27/2020 – The Future of Work Newsletter, August 2020