Accessibility IN THE
Workplace 79%
of private-sector organizations
VS
of private-sector organizations
VS
In Washington, the University of Washington’s DOIT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology) Center promotes universal design principles in both access to higher education and as a central component of the engineering curriculum, teaching engineering students to consider and integrate universal design principles in their work.
of public-sector organizations
69%
of public-sector organizations
said it helped reach a wider pool of talent.
91% of private-sector and 87% of public-sector
organizations agree that their accessibility strategy helps them meet legal and regulatory requirements in relation to people with disabilities.
80% of private-sector and 74% of public-sector organizations say addressing accessibility creates workforce technology solutions that help the broader, nondisabled workforce be more productive. Assessing The Value Of Accessible Technologies For Organizations: A Total Economic Impact™ Study Commissioned By Microsoft, Forrester Consulting (2016).
for technology, engineering, design and architecture include principles of accessibility, universal design, and inclusive information and communication technologies.
EXAMPLES IN ACTION
54%
agreed their accessibility strategy helps address workplace needs of employees.
85%
C Ensure that higher education curricula
D Create procurement policies that ensure that
all resources, services, products and technologies acquired by state and local governments are fully accessible. States should consider giving a competitive advantage to bidders who can show an implemented company accessibility policy related to their offerings and solutions.
Note: In 2015, The National Association of State Chief Information Officers, or NASCIO, established a workgroup to identify strategies for increasing the procurement by states of accessible websites, online systems and other forms of ICT. The workgroup concluded that state government procurement officials/offices are not focusing sufficient attention on encouraging/requiring vendors to adopt governance systems that facilitate the design of accessible ICT services and products. In July and August 2015, NASCIO published a two-part series identifying strategies for improving the procurement by state agencies of accessible ICT; the initiative is referred to as Policy-Driven Adoption for Accessibility, or PDAA. » Part 1: Accessibility in IT Procurement Part 1: Issues, Challenges and a New Approach (July 2015) » Part 2: Accessibility in IT Procurement Part 2: The PDAA Components (August 2015)
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