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From: Lawrence Carter-Long for the National Council on Disability 
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Subject: Be a Part of Online Dialogue to Improve Social Media 
Accessibility

Online Dialogue to Improve Accessibility of Social Media Enters 
2nd Week Monday, March 17

The U.S.  Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment 
Policy and the National Council on Disability’s virtual town 
hall dialogue, “Advancing Accessibility and Inclusion in Social 
Media – The User Experience,” which examines the 
accessibility of social media for individuals with disabilities, 
including jobseekers and workers begins its second week Monday, 
March 24.

The online crowdsourcing event – which began Monday, March 17 
and will conclude next Friday, April 4 – is part of a series of 
social media accessibility online events that will be taking 
place over the next three months.

“Social media is transforming how we engage with customers, 
employees, jobseekers and other stakeholders," said Kathy 
Martinez, assistant secretary of labor for disability employment 
policy.  "But when social media is inaccessible to people with 
disabilities, it excludes a sizeable segment of our population.  
This online dialogue will help us pinpoint social media 
accessibility barriers, and discover new solutions for ensuring 
these digital services can be used and optimized by everyone."

“The National Council on Disability is privileged to co-host 
this online dialogue with ODEP as part of an ongoing 
collaboration between federal agencies and private-sector 
companies invested in the social media space,” said Janni 
Lehrer-Stein, chairperson of access and integration for NCD.  
“We anticipate that this online discussion will present new and 
exciting opportunities for Americans with disabilities and people 
around the world.  Social media opens up a new marketplace of 
ideas and access for everyone, including people with 
disabilities, adding value and providing new opportunities 
through inclusive engagement in the virtual world.”

The online dialogue will explore the value of social media in the 
lives of people with disabilities, particularly around work, and 
identify accessibility issues and creative approaches to making 
social media tools more accessible and usable.  Participants will 
be able to discuss their social media experiences and submit 
ideas, comments and vote on potential solutions.  The information 
gathered from this dialogue will then help NCD and ODEP further 
collaborate with the social media industry to implement 
solutions.

The national dialogue is being coordinated under ODEP’s 
ePolicyWorks initiative.

To register, visit:
http://NCD-ODEP.SocialMedia.ePolicyWorks.org

Link to the U.S.  Department of Labor's Office of Disability 
Employment Policy:
http://www.dol.gov/odep/

Link to ODEP’s ePolicyWorks initiative:
http://www.epolicyworks.org/

Link to the National Council on Disability:
http://www.ncd.gov/

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