Services for People with Disabilities

Workforce Solutions - Capital Area is committed to providing employment-related services to all citizens of Travis County.  

Read our Capital Area Resource Guide for Job Seekers with Disabilities for a list of community resources.

A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment 

Watch this video on Vocational Rehabilitation from DARS:

Accessible Calendars

August 2010 - North Center 

August 2010 - East Center 

August 2010 - South Center

As part of our commitment to providing services to all Travis County citizens, we provide accessibility equipment in designated areas of our Career Centers to assist people with disabilities in their employment search.

Accessibility Tools

• Reserved workstations at each Career Center
• Closed-circuit televisions/Video Magnifiers
• Relay Texas info:  1-800-735-2989 (TDD) / 711 (Voice) and IP Relay info
• Wireless keyboards with extra large character font and track-ball mice (available for check-out at the front desk)
• Wheelchair accessible facilities
• A Reader, upon request
• Premier-to-Go ULTRA USB Drives that allow for electronic information to be read aloud from any Career Center computer
• JAWS software
• Zoomtext software
• Accessible websites, including WorkInTexas.com.  If you find part of our website is not accessible with your technology, please let us know by sending an email so you can be provided with the information in an alternative format.

All of Workforce Solutions' services and programs are open to people with or without disabilities on a self-serve basis.  If additional assistance is needed, a customer may contact a Disability Coordinator.  Each of our Career Centers is assigned a Disability Coordinator, who is available to help with additional services such as requesting accommfodations or scheduling ASL interpreters.  Interested clients should ask to speak with a Disability Coordinator when they contact the Career Center.

Read our Career Center Overview.

Online Resources

Workforce Solutions is also proud to recognize several public and community organizations that provide helpful information and additional services for people with disabilities:

• ARCIL, Inc.
  ARCIL, Inc. (Austin Resource Center for Independent Living) provides independent living services to persons with disabilities, their families, and communities throughout Travis and surrounding counties.
• DisabilityInfo.gov
  DisabilityInfo.gov was created by President George W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative to connect people with disabilities to the information and resources they need to pursue their personal and professional ambitions.
• Relay Texas
  Relay Texas provides telephone interpreting service between people who can hear and those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, or speech-disabled.  TDD: 1-800-735-2989 / Voice: 1-800-735-2988
• Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
  The mission of DARS is to work in partnership with Texans with disabilities and families with children who have developmental delays to improve the quality of their lives and to enable their full participation in society.

Voluntary Disclosure for Specialized Services for People with Disabilities:
The Americans With Disabilities Act prohibits employer-related inquiries as to whether or not an individual has a disability or to the nature and extent of such a disability before an official job offer has been made.  However, other federal laws provide various benefits and services for people with disabilities, both veteran and non-veteran.  Therefore, a service provider may ask you to disclose your disability; however, you have the right to choose whether or not to disclose this information.  Should you wish to explore additional disability-related benefits and services, you must inform your Workforce Solutions representative.  This is a voluntary disclosure and the disability information is not required for provision of general services.  This information, and any disability-related information requested on WorkInTexas.com, will not be shared with employers without your consent.