The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act reflects an integral policy position at Microsoft: wage equity for people with disabilities. Learn more about it from Microsoft Disability Policy Officer, Rylin Rodgers: linkedin.com/posts/fred-hum…

I was honored to join @sensherrodbrown and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. for the introduction of the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act – a bipartisan effort to update asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), promoting economic equity. #UpdateSSI brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press…

New #HotJob, working for the amazing Jessica Rafuse in our #accessibility team! Deets👇

We are hiring! Join our team as campaigns and communications officer to help us ensure #DisabilityRights are front and centre during #EuropeanElections - and beyond. Deadline: 18 October #JobsInBrussels #DisabilityRights Apply: buff.ly/3Q25Elj

Simple easy way to raise your voice during the current review process. This is a human rights issue, and we all need to stand up for equity. Anyone can sign the petition and there is an option to share your experience and personal story. endsubminimumwage.org

Did you know that many disabled workers are being paid far below minimum wage? This discriminatory practice needs to end, and we have an opportunity right now to change it. I your voice can make a difference right now. sign petition at endsubminimumwage.org

As the #AISafetySummit closes, it's worth noting that there was no mention of #accessibility or #disability inclusion. It's critical that disabled people are included in the design of tomorrow's technology, as it should be for all marginalised communities.

Share the petition today: EndSubminimumWage.org. We can help the Department of Labor end subminimum wage for disabled workers by sharing our petition with your friends and encouraging them to sign.

This did not have to happen. This can be fixed. The health of our communites require action. apnews.com/article/medica…

Dozens of disability advocacy groups are urging the Biden administration to end a decades-old program allowing employers to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage. shorturl.at/sG147

Another small step forward in captions.. “PowerPoint for the web now supports inserting videos with closed captions and subtitles… feature is available to all PowerPoint for the web users, no need to be an Insider.” More 👇 windowscentral.com/software-apps/…

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Internship opportunity! 🚨 The Neurodiversity Hiring Program aims to build an inclusive hiring approach that embraces the strength of neurodiverse candidates. Check out this available internship opportunity: msft.it/6016inae4

Celebrating #DisabilityPrideMonth & #ADA, Microsoft is closing the disability divide with: 🤝 Accessible voting 💰 Fair wages 🌍 Global inclusion 💡 Improved communication msft.it/6018lkSt2

We have the opportunity to end this right now, contact your members of Congress and ask them to support the bipartisan Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (S.533, H.R.1263). wapo.st/4dUQHek

As we near the Nov. election, Rylin Rodgers, Microsoft's Disability Policy Advisor, reminds us that “...everyone, including voters with disabilities, has the right to cast an independent and private ballot.” That's why we're supporting all voters with these updates & resources.

Can we have true democracy if voting isn't accessible to everyone? Tune into the Article 19 podcast as they discuss barriers for people with disabilities, what's being done to improve #accessibility, and how voters can take action in the upcoming election. msft.it/6019m05GB

It was an honor to present the inaugural Engage Award for outstanding leadership in the service of America’s disability community to Microsoft. Microsoft has championed Americans with disabilities, and I was pleased to present Fred Humphries with this award.