Experts and thought leaders discuss the benefits of making it a company priority to hire people with disabilities.
Several accessibility experts weigh in on the importance of accessible technology.
If you were riding in an elevator with a Fortune 500 CEO, what’s your pitch for why hiring people with disabilities is important to their company?
If you were riding in an elevator with a Fortune 500 CEO, what's your pitch for why implementing accessible technology matters?
What emerging workplace trends or technology do you think will have the biggest impact on people with disabilities in the next 5 years? What do you see as possible accessibility concerns or solutions related to these coming trends?
This past summer, the inaugural Teach Access Study Away program brought together faculty, industry partners, and 26 students from four universities to explore the field of accessibility in Silicon Valley. The mission of Teach Access is to build a foundation of accessibility knowledge at the higher education level to ensure that current students gain the knowledge [...]
In this short video, Bobby Silverstein provides an overview of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Transcript: Hi, my name is Bobby Silverstein. I'm the former Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Senate sub-committee on disability when it was chaired by Senator Tom Harkin. During my tenure in the Senate, I had the incredible [...]
Have you considered whether the information technology (IT) in your workplace is accessible to all your current and future employees? From recruitment to retirement, technology plays a key role in each phase of an employee’s time with a company. That means it’s important to ensure that technologies in your workplace are accessible to everyone, including people [...]
This short video describes the six phases of the employment lifecycle and the technologies associated with each phase. […]
Darren Burton, Accessibility Consultant: I teach a class for our new hires…and yeah they look at me like I’m from Mars, what are you talking about accessibility? Narrator: Darren Burton’s experience isn’t unique. According to the Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology – PEAT – today’s students aren’t learning the skills they need to make technology usable [...]
Our mission is to foster collaborations that make emerging technologies accessible. To support workplaces in using inclusive technologies that engage the skills of employees with disabilities. To build a future that works. Click here to learn more about PEAT.
