Our mission is to advance disability employment in Lake County

The Collective for Inclusive Employment 
facilitated by the Lake County
Board of Developmental Disabilities / Deepwood

Tanya @ Laketran

Upcoming Events

Lake County Board of Developmental Disabilities / Deepwood hosts and promotes a variety of meetings and events for job seekers, employers and those that support job seekers.

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SPOTLIGHT

The Collective highlights employees and employers
who exemplify inclusive employment in Lake County.

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Charlie Laketran

About The Collective for Inclusive Employment

Community

Through the work of the Lake County Board of DD/Deepwood's Employment Network and Business Advisory Council, The Collective brings together job seekers, employers, and those that support job seekers.

Resources

The Collective is filled with valuable resources, tools, and information about ways to engage and enhance inclusive employment.

Accessibility Toolbar Enhances Engagement and Extends Empowerment

The Lake County Board of Developmental Disabilities/Deepwood is always searching for new ways to fulfill our mission. While revamping the LCBDD / Deepwood website in 2020, we paid close attention to decisions pertaining to navigation, content, color contrast, font choice, and more to ensure we upheld ADA and accessibility standards.

We recognize that the internet can be an incredibly intimidating place for anyone with access barriers, and someone who doesn’t have the tools they need to adequately understand or communicate are at a significant disadvantage.

Today, we are proud to announce the launch of the Accessibility Toolbar to improve the accessibility and language experience on our website. Website visitors are now able to customize their experience to best suit their individual needs by clicking on the launch button (as seen on the right) when on www.LakeCountyCollective.org as well as www.LakeBDD.org.

The Accessibility Toolbar includes a variety of features, such as a screen reader, reading aids, fully customizable styling options (changes to font size, type and color), and on-demand live translation feature that boasts over 100 languages including 65 text-to-speech. Doing so enables those who face online access barriers to take an active part in our digital world.

Please reference Recite-Me-Assistive-Toolbar-Overview-2023-USA or contact Theresa.Wetzel@LakeBDD.org for more information.

This initiative is facilitated by the
Lake County Board of Developmental Disabilities / Deepwood.

Questions or feedback for us? We would love to hear from you. Contact information below.