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Three women standing on stage in the Operations Center Building 20 Auditorium with flags in the background. First woman is dressed in yellow and black dress with dark hair with purple highlights, the second woman is dressed in a white blouse and maroon pants with auburn hair and the third woman is dressed in a US Paralympic outfit of red pants, white/blue striped shirt and blue jacket and has blond hair.

Nov. 2, 2021

Disability Employment Awareness Month Program focuses on inclusion in the workplace

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Listening to just the audio of then 12-year-old Christopher Duffley singing the National Anthem at a 2013 Boston Red Sox baseball game, you would think he was Harry Connick Jr., or a young Michael Jackson and not the small red-headed autistic and blind boy who was seen on the screen at the 2021 Defense Federal Community National Disability Employment Awareness Month hybrid program at the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Operations Center Auditorium on Oct. 20.

The June workshop, first in a planned series, taught participants to use JAWS software to ensure web pages are accessible.

July 11, 2017

DLA group learns use of tools to ensure blind, visually impaired users have equal access

Defense Logistics Agency participants in a recent workshop learned to use special software to ensure blind and visually impaired users can read and navigate web pages easily.

Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations can install assistive technologies to the workspaces of DLA employees with disabilities as part of the DLA Equal Employment Opportunity reasonable accommodations process.

Oct. 8, 2015

DLA Information Operations plays key role in access for employees with disabilities

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — From videophones to laptops, Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations strives to provide cutting edge technology and tools to accommodate employees with disabilities as they support the needs of the warfighter.