Free Access to Digital Accessibility Courses for People with 
Disabilities on
Deque University



May 19, 2016 - Herndon, VA -- In honor of
<http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/> Global 
Accessibility
Awareness Day 2016,  <http://www.deque.com> Deque Systems will 
now be
offering their entire curriculum of  <http://bit.ly/DequeU-PWD> 
Deque
University online courses in web and digital accessibility to 
people with
disabilities for free.



Employment for people with disabilities is often a difficult 
endeavor.  They
face discrimination during the hiring process and barriers to 
employment all
along the way, including barriers to acquiring the skills 
necessary for
employment.



Meanwhile, the demand for accessibility professionals is greater 
than it has
ever been, and people with disabilities have a lot to offer in 
this field.
They live the experience, so in many ways they're already 
experts, but there
are still technical skills to learn.



Deque's mission is to help achieve digital equality for people 
with
disabilities and hopes that making this new initiative will 
empower users
with disabilities to become the experts that will teach 
businesses and
governments and everyone else who shares the web how to be 
accessible.



If you have a disability, you qualify for free access to Deque's 
in-depth
web accessibility curriculum for a full year (a value of $315).



The online courses offered include:

*	Web Accessibility Fundamentals
*	HTML & CSS Accessibility
*	ARIA & JavaScript Accessibility
*	Mobile Web Accessibility
*	IAAP CPACC Certification Preparation Course
*	Web Accessibility Testing Techniques
*	Testing with Screen Readers
*	MS Word Accessibility
*	MS PowerPoint Accessibility
*	PDF Accessibility
*	InDesign Accessibility
*	EPUB Accessibility

And more.


The full details of the offer and the registration are available 
at
<http://www.dequeuniversity.com/pwd> dequeuniversity.com/pwd





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