Information Technology Infrastructure Can Help Workers with Disabilities
From: eWeek - 03/13/2014
By: Nathan Eddy

Several factors will boost the number of organizations initiating
technology-related projects to enable disabled employees.

On March 24, new guidelines under Section 503 of the amended Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 go into effect in the United States, requiring federal
contractors and subcontractors to take more ambitious affirmative action to
hire people with disabilities.

The new rules mean that by 2015, 50 percent of organizations will have
technology projects under way to support the enablement of disabled
employees, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner.

As the new rules take effect, application and Web development staffs should
review how mobile and desktop applications can be optimized for accessibility
to open positions to disabled candidates.

Gartner predicts the number of organizations that have technology projects to
support the enablement of disabled people in the workplace will increase.

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