The employment rate of individuals with disabilities has not shown improvement over the last deca... more The employment rate of individuals with disabilities has not shown improvement over the last decade and could continue to stagnate unless steps are taken to harness the power of technology to enable participation in the workforce. Research shows a sharp digital divide between individuals with and without disabilities and this divide will only grow worse if employers do not move quickly to address the barriers technology can present.
ABSTRACT This brochure on people living with multiple sclerosis and the Americans with Disabiliti... more ABSTRACT This brochure on people living with multiple sclerosis and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – Extension Division, Cornell University. Cornell University was funded in the early 1990’s by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research as a National Materials Development Project on the employment provisions (Title I) of the ADA (Grant #H133D10155). These updates, and the development of new brochures, have been funded by Cornell’s Program on Employment and Disability, and the Pacific Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center.
Online technology has made significant inroads into human resource (HR) processes such as recruit... more Online technology has made significant inroads into human resource (HR) processes such as recruitment, benefits, and training, yet many web sites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Cornell University surveyed 433 HR representatives regarding their organizations' use of information and Web technology in HR processes. Survey results report that nine of the ten organizations use Web processes for job postings, eight of ten for online benefits information dissemination, and about six out of ten for online benefits self service and online employee training. Employee use of computers was extensive, with the majority using computers more than half the workday. Knowledge of assistive technologies for computer users with disabilities and of Web accessibility considerations was low, but nearly half the respondents reported having made some type of adaptation to make a computer accessible to an employee with a disability. Very few organizations had trained any of their staff in Web accessibility topics or in making computers accessible, and the majority desired more information on those topics. These findings have implications not only for people with disabilities, but for the general workforce, which is aging.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, Mar 23, 2009
Community colleges are increasingly using the Internet for admissions and financial aid applicati... more Community colleges are increasingly using the Internet for admissions and financial aid applications. The use of online processes has serious implications for students with disabilities, such as visual and learning problems, who may encounter difficulties with the ...
The employment rate of individuals with disabilities has not shown improvement over the last deca... more The employment rate of individuals with disabilities has not shown improvement over the last decade and could continue to stagnate unless steps are taken to harness the power of technology to enable participation in the workforce. Research shows a sharp digital divide between individuals with and without disabilities and this divide will only grow worse if employers do not move quickly to address the barriers technology can present.
ABSTRACT This brochure on people living with multiple sclerosis and the Americans with Disabiliti... more ABSTRACT This brochure on people living with multiple sclerosis and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – Extension Division, Cornell University. Cornell University was funded in the early 1990’s by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research as a National Materials Development Project on the employment provisions (Title I) of the ADA (Grant #H133D10155). These updates, and the development of new brochures, have been funded by Cornell’s Program on Employment and Disability, and the Pacific Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center.
Online technology has made significant inroads into human resource (HR) processes such as recruit... more Online technology has made significant inroads into human resource (HR) processes such as recruitment, benefits, and training, yet many web sites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Cornell University surveyed 433 HR representatives regarding their organizations' use of information and Web technology in HR processes. Survey results report that nine of the ten organizations use Web processes for job postings, eight of ten for online benefits information dissemination, and about six out of ten for online benefits self service and online employee training. Employee use of computers was extensive, with the majority using computers more than half the workday. Knowledge of assistive technologies for computer users with disabilities and of Web accessibility considerations was low, but nearly half the respondents reported having made some type of adaptation to make a computer accessible to an employee with a disability. Very few organizations had trained any of their staff in Web accessibility topics or in making computers accessible, and the majority desired more information on those topics. These findings have implications not only for people with disabilities, but for the general workforce, which is aging.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, Mar 23, 2009
Community colleges are increasingly using the Internet for admissions and financial aid applicati... more Community colleges are increasingly using the Internet for admissions and financial aid applications. The use of online processes has serious implications for students with disabilities, such as visual and learning problems, who may encounter difficulties with the ...
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