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From: John Foliot
Date: Mar 29, 2019 1:41PM

Hi Chanel,

Fully recognizing that anything I say about the Deque curriculum is going
to be biased (because I work at Deque), I can tell you that our curriculum
*has* been adopted by numerous Fortune 500 companies as part of a larger
strategy within their organizations. Over the years we have worked with our
industry partners in an effort to meet their larger, enterprise
requirements, so I'll suggest that the courses are quite good, because (in
part) our clients tell us that.

As far as other pointers towards getting started in freelancing or with an
entry level position, have you investigated the IAAP certification program?
(https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/certification)

As our industry grows, certification is a good measure of suitability for
prospective employers - not the end-all and be-all, but certainly a good
milestone reference when assessing multiple applications for any position.
(IMHO of course)

HTH

JF

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 1:32 PM Chanel Carlascio < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a background in accessibility and accommodations - with some limited
> training in creating alt format texts. I'm looking to transition into
> digital and web accessibility. I am just starting to go through the Deque
> training curriculum.
>
> I was interested to see what the professionals on this forum thought of
> that curriculum and if you have any pointers on the best way to get started
> in freelancing or with an entry level position.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chanel Carlascio
> > > > >


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*​John Foliot* | Principal Accessibility Strategist | W3C AC Representative
Deque Systems - Accessibility for Good
deque.com