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Accessible IT for People with Disabilities: HR Considerations
Abstract
Human resource (HR) representatives were interviewed regarding their organizations use of Web technology in HR processes and computer accessibility issues in the workplace. The survey addressed: the organizations use of Web technology in HR processes; knowledge and perceptions of barriers to the use of computer/Web technology to employees with disabilities; and familiarity with assistive technology (equipment to improve functionality for people with disabilities) and resources. The respondents represented a wide variety of industries and organizational sizes.
Date Issued
2003-03-01Subject
access; accessibility; accessible; accommodate; accommodated; accommodating; accommodation; ADA; adaptation; adjustment; alternative; Americans with Disabilities Act; array; assortment; bias; bigotry; change; Civil Rights; convenience; developmental disabled; different; disabilities; disability; disability policy; Disability Rights Laws; disable; disabled; disablement; disabling; discriminate; discriminating; discrimination; disparate; distinct; diverse; diversities; diversity; e-recruiting; earnings; ease of access; EDIcat1-AAA; EDIcat4-DER; employ; employing; employment; Equal Opportunity; exclusion; Guiding Principles; handicap; handicapped; HR; HR Policies; Human Resource; Human Resource Management; human resources; Human Resources Management; impairment; include; included; inclusion; inequity; information technology; intolerance; IT; learning disability; limitation; mental handicap; mental retardation; modification; openness; participation; personnel; physical disability; policies; policy; prejudice; procedures; protection; public policy; public programs; regulation; rules; self-employment; separation; single out; special; special need; statute; stereotype; technology; ADA Accommodation & Accessible IT; Disability Employment Research; Title 2; Title 3; Title II; Title III; unfairness; unlike; unusual; user-friendliness; variety; wheelchair accessible; work
Type
article
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