It’s important to know that reasonable workplace accommodations for people with disabilities is possible without a huge budget. Continue Reading Inclusion Works: Employing People with Disabilities
Consulting Users Living With Disabilities: Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Day helps us reflect on the history we’ve been making in creating a digital accessible world. Continue Reading Consulting Users Living With Disabilities: Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day
US Airline Accessibility, WCAG Rule & Disabled Travelers
Disabled individuals have a hard time with airline websites. In 2013, the US DOT issued a rule stating that all US public airline booking systems on websites must comply with the WCAG 2.0 level AA by December 12, 2015. Continue Reading US Airline Accessibility, WCAG Rule & Disabled Travelers
Why is it hard? Including Disabled People in the Workplace
As the public focus of NDEAM fades, I am left wondering why is it so difficult for people to see the possibilities and opportunities of including professionals living with disabilities in their workplaces, except for one month out of the year. Continue Reading Why is it hard? Including Disabled People in the Workplace
Four Fallacies About Hiring Staff Who Live With Disabilities
It takes little money, time and energy to staff people living with disabilities. Employers tend to make assumptions about disabled workers, based on erroneous information and misconceptions. Continue Reading Four Fallacies About Hiring Staff Who Live With Disabilities
WeCo Hosts “Access for All” ADA Visit Creating Accessibility Cultural Exchange
Our staff learned that many of our counterparts working on IT accessibility, and the needs of people living with disabilities, across the globe, do not have access to the level of accessible technology we enjoy in the US. One of our new friends from an African nation shared with us: “Many of our people don’t have computers, let alone screen reader software.” Continue Reading WeCo Hosts “Access for All” ADA Visit Creating Accessibility Cultural Exchange
Remembering What it Was Like Before the Americans with Disabilities Act
As someone who works with people living with disabilities, and also lives with a disability, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act means to the people I work with, and to me personally. Continue Reading Remembering What it Was Like Before the Americans with Disabilities Act
