From the course: Digital Accessibility for the Modern Workplace (with Audio Descriptions)

Enhancing your accessibility skills

- [Narrator] Hector Minto stands in a white living room. - If you've made it this far in the course, thank you for watching. By taking this course, you've invested in yourself. And ultimately, this will help benefit not only your work, but your team and your entire organization. Accessibility is such an important topic, and it's one we could all be doing more in. Now, you may be wondering, where can I go to learn more? The first place I'd recommend is microsoft.com/Accessibility. - [Narrator] The webpage reads "Microsoft is committed to accessibility. There are no limits to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of everyone." A button reads "Learn about our approach." A photo depicts a woman with a disability in an office. - [Hector] Here, you'll find information about Microsoft products, investments we're making in accessibility, and access to further learning. If you're interested in our approach to disability inclusion, go to aka.ms/DisabilityInclusion. - [Narrator] The webpage is titled "Our Disability Inclusion Journey: Embedding Accessibility and Inclusion into our DNA," with photos of people with disabilities. An article is headlined "A message from Microsoft's chief accessibility officer." - If you're looking to build a more inclusive organization with strong representation of disability, you may want to visit aka.ms/InclusiveHiring. - [Narrator] The webpage has the same title as the previous page, with a button that reads, "View Our Disability Inclusion Sway," and a photo of a man with a disability - Here, you'll find tips from our recruiters and direct opportunities for employment at Microsoft. And if you're a person with a disability using Microsoft tech, we have a global specialist disability answer desk that can help. Visit this site at aka.ms/DAD. Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter @MSFTEnable. Now, if you're serious about accessibility, you can take our course on MS Learn, and take an accessibility fundamentals qualification. - [Narrator] The course website is https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ learn/paths/accessibility-fundamentals/. - This is a really transferable skill. Get the certificate and put it on your resume. Finally, connect with me on LinkedIn. I'd love to hear from you. You can visit linkedin.com/in/hectorminto, and connect with me there. So that's it. Thanks for watching. Now, go and make your world more accessible and more inclusive.

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