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The IRS Commitment to Accessibility for Disabled Employees

IREP stands for the Information Resources Accessibility Program. We are the centralized
office for addressing assistive technology needs within the service, within the IRS, and
we are actually funded within the IRS. So as opposed to some other agencies who use
other services we do have our own funding vehicle for providing assistive technology
for persons with disabilities.

Our ultimate goal is to provide end to end accessibility solutions - whether you’d be
someone who is newly hired and coming into the IRS for the first time or you’re an
individual who has acquired a disability during your career at the IRS.

Assistive technology can range from, whether it be a screen reader for someone who
is blind or a Braille display, or for someone who has low vision, it could be a large
screen monitor or screen magnification. For individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing
it may be TTY or some type of amplified headset. We do also provide products and
services for individuals with mobility impairments as well, ranging from ergonomic
keyboards to voice recognition software. We do actually have tools available for
individuals with learning disabilities as well.

One other benefit at the IRS is that we actually have employee support organizations
for individuals with disabilities such as the IRS Deaf Group and there’s also the VIEW or
Visually Impaired Employee Workforce group. Those two employee organizations really
help out individuals on a nationwide basis.