Linda Jackson
Director
Center for Disability Services,
Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity
Social Security Administration

Ms. Jackson is the Director for the Center for Disability Services Team, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, Social Security Administration.

"CDS" provides a single point of contact for Agency managers and employees seeking advice and information on the effective and appropriate forms of reasonable accommodation. The highly trained CDS staff is responsible for conducting a needs assessment and making decisions on RA requests for assistive technology, adaptive devices and services. They are experts on policy issues and take an active role in the recruitment of people with disabilities. The staff manages cetralized funding to provide assistive technology and services to SSA's 1500+ Employees with Severe Disabilities.

Linda began her career with the SSA as a Claims Representative in 1977. Linda's experience with assistive technology and interacting with Employees with Disabilities goes back to 1983 when she instructed her first class of visually impaired Claims Representative trainees. In 1991 Linda joined the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity as an EEO Specialist and soon after directed the Center for Disability Services. During her tenure the Center has won several prestigious awards in the area of Disability Awareness.