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    {"title" :"Making Federal Employment Accessible Through DOD’s CAP App","summary" : "The Department of Defense CAP app allows U.S. government employees to use their mobile devices to look up information about services and resources.","date" : "2015-11-05T10:00:43-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"nramprasad" : "Nirmala Ramprasad"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/11/2015-11-05-making-federal-employment-accessible-thru-dods-cap-app.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/11/2015-11-05-making-federal-employment-accessible-thru-dods-cap-app.md","slug" : "making-federal-employment-accessible-thru-dods-cap-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/11/05/making-federal-employment-accessible-thru-dods-cap-app/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e“My Disability is One Part of Who I Am” was the theme of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/ndeam/\"\u003e70th National Disability Employment Awareness Month\u003c/a\u003e this past October. We celebrated the many contributions of our friends and co-workers with disabilities and recognized the diverse skills and talents they bring to our workplace.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the real question is: how do we create a comfortable work environment that provides equal access and growth opportunities for all?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/11/600-x-512-CAP-Mobile-App-iPhone-home-menu-and-solutions-screens.jpg\"\n    alt=\"The home menu and solutions screens from the Computer Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) mobile iPhone app\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Department of Defense’s Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) created a free app that is available for download at the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cap-mobile-app/id543280345?\"\u003eiTunes App Store\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mil.cap.capapp\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CAP mobile app allows people to use their mobile devices to look up information about the services and resources offered by CAP. It serves as a vocational planning aid designed for use by U.S government employees with disabilities who require assistive technology and other accommodations to perform their jobs. It is also for their supervisors who need to provide reasonable accommodation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can use this app to learn about a variety of accommodation solutions. The solutions describe in detail smart phone accessibility features and lead you to other useful mobile apps and self-help tools. For example, there are tools that allow you to recognize and rate your level of anxiety, and the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/06/25/using-apps-for-mental-healthcare/\"\u003eBreathe2Relax app\u003c/a\u003e teaches stress-reducing breathing techniques.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/11/250-x-444-CAP-Mobile-App-iPhonevideos-screen.jpg\"\n    alt=\"The videos screen from the Computer Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) mobile iPhone app\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe app includes many useful features such as:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA running tally of accommodations provided to federal employees\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNews and tips on the latest assistive technologies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation about events in the disability community, both CAP-related and others\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ability to download CAP event presentations and materials to your phone\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVideos to learn about assistive technology and how it can help you\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ability to contact CAP\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough DoD designed this app to serve federal employees and service members with functional limitations, it serves as a great starting point for the non-federal workforce to learn about assistive technologies that can help them get their job done. Overall, this app is a great resource for reasonable accommodation information.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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