Kansas Association of the Deaf (KAD) Town Hall Meeting

How can Johnson county improve their severe weather warning Systems?

When: Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Where: Kansas School for the Deaf, Murphy Auditorium, 450 E Park Stret, Olathe, Kansas

To attend this town hall, please follow the rules:
1) Park on State Street or Park street (near gym)
2) Go through the Security Office at KSD (follow blue signs)

For Deaf Community to come and share their stories and answer questions of how Johnson County can improve their severe weather warning systems.

Deaf lives depend on the success of this town hall.

KAD strongly encourages all Deaf/Hard of Hearing who live in and/or work in Johnson county to attend this Town Hall!

Voice interpreters will be provided for non-ASL users. Other communication access are available upon request. Contact: [email protected]

Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Business Sense

December 2022

Buy IT!—Your Guide for Purchasing Accessible Technology

For many businesses, the end of the calendar year means finding ways to spend remaining budget dollars—often on software, hardware, digital applications and other technology tools. Of course, when making such purchases, it is vital to ensure that the technology you choose works for everyone, including employees, job seekers and customers with disabilities.

Luckily, the particulars of accessibility, usability and Section 508/Web Content Accessibility Guidelines compliance don’t have to be intimidating. A free online tool from the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) is available to guide businesses in procuring accessible information technology (IT).

Buy IT! - Your Guide for Purchasing Accessible Technology offers step-by-step guidance on researching IT vendors, specifying accessibility requirements in requests for proposals and validating the accessibility of product choices. What’s more, the tool explores the benefits of building and buying accessible technology, which fuels productivity, mitigates legal risk, improves recruitment efforts and prevents businesses from needing to make costly retroactive accessibility fixes later.

Indeed, it pays to buy the right product the first time, and Buy IT! demystifies the process.

To learn more, access Buy IT! and the PEAT website.

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Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) The Future of Work Newsletter

Learn About the Inclusive Enterprise Metaverse

Bill Curtis-Davidson, Co-Director of PEAT, chaired an M-Enabling Summit session on Accessibility Policies & Practices for Inclusive Enterprise Metaverses. Watch the recording to hear perspectives from Monica Desai, Jacque Madison, and Jourdan Saunders.

Key moment: “When I look at the workforce, a lot of times companies are hiring and wanting to diversify and include, but there is a lot of different key barriers that are knocking people out before you even get to the actual interview.” - Jourdan Saunders

Watch the M-Enabling Summit Recording

December's Question

If AI can increase the risk of bias in hiring processes, why are so many companies using it?

Answer: There’s no question that companies are looking to increase the efficiency of their recruiting and hiring processes, including using automated employment decision tools (AEDT) that are enabled by AI. While such tools can help employers analyze large volumes of candidate data, identifying and hiring top talent requires a nuanced understanding of whether an individual is the right fit for a position. This is especially true when hiring and retaining diverse candidates.

The risks related to disability bias in AEDT are made more complex because disabilities are highly diverse and virtually impossible to analyze at scale, the data available on employees is usually flawed, and AI takes shortcuts whenever possible. Therefore, employers should research any AEDT they plan to buy and implement. Check out our new report, Disability-Led Innovation: Artificial Intelligence & Automated Hiring Practices, to learn more about inclusive AI-enabled hiring tools.

In case you missed it, we launched a new column in August where our Emerging Technology Accessibility Consultant, Ashley Coffey, will answer your accessible emerging tech questions. Ask Ashley a question by emailing her at [email protected] – your question just might get answered in our next newsletter.

Hear About Invisible Disabilities & Inclusive Workplaces

Albert Kim, Accessibility Consultant, Trainer, and Founder of Accessibility Next Gen, discusses the challenges workers with invisible disabilities face and shares his own lived experience. He gives tips for employers who want to make sure their organizations are inviting and inclusive for people whether or not they wish to disclose their disability.

SXSW March 2023
Stay tuned for details on how you can hear PEAT’s Co-Director, Bill Curtis-Davidson, on the SXSW panel, Watercooler to Headset? The Future of Workplaces.

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Job Vacancy Announcements

The Intrust Bank job vacancy listing is attached below.  Please feel free to share with others. 

• Job Openings for INTRUST Bank 12.13.2022.pdf