Accessibility Fundamentals—Collaborating for Impact

Rich Corbridge is the Chief Digital and Information Officer for the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the UK’s biggest public service department with 100,000 employees, serving 20 million customers. Rich joins host Olivia Neal to discuss how DWP has been embedding approaches to accessibility, including by partnering with Microsoft to build the accessibility skills of their employees, which in turn helps them to support jobseekers with disabilities to better use technology in gaining and retaining employment in an increasingly digital workplace.  Click here for transcript of this episode.   Olivia Neal [host] | LinkedIn   Rich Corbridge [guest] | LinkedIn  Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise for more information and transcripts of all episodes  Join the Microsoft Ability Summit to learn more about how the newest tech can bridge the accessibility divide. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts. 

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