7 Essential Job Interview Tips for Job Seekers with Disabilities
Job interviews can be a daunting experience for anyone, but for job seekers with disabilities, it can be an even more challenging task. However, with
At Creative Action Services, we are committed to fostering inclusive workforces for individuals with disabilities and other marginalized populations. Our primary objective is to advance equal opportunities in the workplace through advocacy, empowerment, and education.
We believe that everyone deserves to have the opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest potential, regardless of their background or abilities. We work with businesses to identify areas where they can improve their inclusivity and accessibility, and provide training and support to help them achieve their goals.
Our team is composed of experts in disability and diversity issues, who are passionate about creating a more equitable society. We provide a range of services, including disability awareness training, accessibility audits, and policy development, all aimed at fostering a more inclusive and welcoming workplace culture.
We empower workers. If you or child is a student between the ages of 14-21, has an IEP, 504 plan, or receives accommodations in a private sector or an adult with a disability or a limitation, we can help you/them acquire the skills they need to find, gain, and keep a job. Creative Action provides pre-placement training (PPT), self-advocacy training, employability skills training, on-the-job training (OJT)/work-based learning experience (WBLE), Career Camps (winter, Spring, and summer), placement services, Supported Employment, and Job Coaching. Creative Action’s job placement team is well-versed in facilitation, and well-connected in the community, making the transition to gainful employment as smooth as possible.
Job interviews can be a daunting experience for anyone, but for job seekers with disabilities, it can be an even more challenging task. However, with
A job search can be challenging for anyone, but for people with disabilities, there can be additional hurdles to overcome. Discrimination and stigma may still
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(Any enrolled or prospective DVR participant can participate in any of Creative Action virtual platforms; Career Camps, Work Readiness Training, Pre Placement Training, Self Advocacy Training, On the Job Training Remote position, or Work Based Learning Remote position.)
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Miami, Florida 33186
786-640-3654
Hours: Monday-Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Creative Action, Inc
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to