Accessibility

Learn more about the Accessibility department and the type of work the interns within the department do.

About Us

The Accessibility department features the process of ensuring that digital content is easily consumable by individuals who have sight or hearing disabilities. The Accessibility department’s goal is to ensure that no Veteran is unable to benefit from VA documents just because they have a disability.

About Us

The Accessibility department features the process of ensuring that digital content is easily consumable by individuals who have sight or hearing disabilities. The Accessibility department’s goal is to ensure that no Veteran is unable to benefit from VA documents just because they have a disability.

  • Interns will help ensure that all content posted to the site will be accessible to those with visual or hearing disabilities.
  • Interns will use programs like Wave, Adobe Acrobat, and Color Contrast Analyzer, and more for said content.

Tasks

Tasks

  • Interns will help ensure that all content posted to the site will be accessible to those with visual or hearing disabilities.
  • Interns will use programs like Wave, Adobe Acrobat, and Color Contrast Analyzer, and more for said content.

Joining this Department? Start here!

Joining this Department? Start here!

Achievements

  • Consistent assurance that all VA documents and content are made accessible to all users and Veterans everywhere.
  • Various transcriptions made to content around the VA sites.
  • The department’s constant drive for innovating and coming up with new ideas as to how to improve content.

Achievements

  • Consistent assurance that all VA documents and content are made accessible to all users and Veterans everywhere.
  • Various transcriptions made to content around the VA sites.
  • The department’s constant drive for innovating and coming up with new ideas as to how to improve content.

Intern Testimonials

My experience has been incredible so far. I have enjoyed working with my team and with other departments. I have not run into any issues. The management has been incredibly friendly and helpful. I have learned quite a bit from this experience and look forward to coming back.
Terra Naakgeboren
Accessibility Intern
The community at VSFS DME is welcoming and friendly. I felt like I was able to adjust quickly to my role as, first, an intern, and now a DO through the help of my XO, Daniel. The work we do is very enlightening because we focus on making texts and images accessible for veterans who may have hearing or visual impairments. The internship has allowed me to also acquire new skills, such as using Adobe Acrobat and adding alternate text to images. It also gave me insight to how online reading may look for different groups of people.
Natalie Kim
Accessibility DO

Intern Testimonials

From 2022-2023 Accessibility Interns

My experience has been incredible so far. I have enjoyed working with my team and with other departments. I have not run into any issues. The management has been incredibly friendly and helpful. I have learned quite a bit from this experience and look forward to coming back.
Terra Naakgeboren
Accessibility Intern
The community at VSFS DME is welcoming and friendly. I felt like I was able to adjust quickly to my role as, first, an intern, and now a DO through the help of my XO, Daniel. The work we do is very enlightening because we focus on making texts and images accessible for veterans who may have hearing or visual impairments. The internship has allowed me to also acquire new skills, such as using Adobe Acrobat and adding alternate text to images. It also gave me insight to how online reading may look for different groups of people.
Natalie Kim
Accessibility DO