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Electronic job coaches are an assistive technology that can improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. This video, a collaboration between CeKTER and CreateAbility Concepts, Inc., shares the research history and design effort that went into CreateAbility's product, MeMinder, a tool that can be used as a portable electronic job coach. MeMinder is an assistive technology that makes independence and employment possible for people with disabilities, and gives job coaches and employers advanced, customized tools to support their workers.

Even though the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act strengthens federal and state commitments to employing people with disabilities, there remain millions of Americans with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities (ID) who are still unemployed. To succeed in competitive employment, workers with ID require help with memory, task sequence and planning, and time management; skills that are often referred to as executive functioning.

Electronic job coaches are an assistive technology that can improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. This webinar, a collaboration between CeKTER and CreateAbility Concepts, Inc., shares the research history and design effort that went into CreateAbility's product, MeMinder, a tool that can be used as a portable electronic job coach. MeMinder is an assistive technology that makes independence and employment possible for people with disabilities, and gives job coaches and employers advanced, customized tools to support their workers.

Researcher’s Guide to Accessibility & Inclusive Design: Making MS PowerPoint Presentations Accessible for Screen Readers

This comic is a collaboration between CeKTER and the Temple University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities (ACL grant #’s 90RTCP0001 & # 90RT5021). It is based on work by Gretchen Snethen, PhD, CTRS, and colleagues.

The comic shows an example of how workers with disabilities can be supported at work.

This tip sheet focuses on best practices for sharing research findings with culturally Deaf individuals who primarily use ASL. However, many of the strategies described below align with principles for universal accessibility and will, therefore, apply to a diverse range of hearing people and people with hearing loss.

Many people with disabilities use assistive technology to access digital content or need content in alternative formats for it to be fully accessible to them. One of the most common assistive technologies is a screen reader which reads text on the screen out loud for those with low or no vision.

In this tip sheet, we share with you five simple ways to make your social media posts as widely accessible as possible.

​Accessibility refers to whether a product or service is usable by all regardless of disability status. Principles of accessibility are not limited to physical spaces (such as stairs or curbs) – the same principles apply to websites and public facing documents. There are guidelines to follow to make documents, web pages, presentations, products, and research findings more accessible to people with disabilities. This tip sheet offers an introduction to accessibility and will be followed by tip sheets that focus on specifics.