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Susanne Bruyère

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Disability In A Technology-Driven Workplace, Susanne M. Bruyere Dr., William Erickson, Jennifer Schramm Jan 2008

Disability In A Technology-Driven Workplace, Susanne M. Bruyere Dr., William Erickson, Jennifer Schramm

Susanne Bruyère

New Internet and Web-based technology applications have meant significant cost and time efficiencies to many American businesses. However, many employers have not yet fully grasped the impact of these new information and communication technologies on applicants and employees with certain disabilities such as vision impairments, hearing problems or limited dexterity. Although not all applicants and employees who have a disability may experience IT-access problems, to select groups it can pose a needless barrier. The increasing dominance of IT in the workplace presents both a challenge and an opportunity for workers with disabilities and their employers. It will be up to …


Implications Of The Information Technology Revolution For People With Disabilities , Susanne M. Bruyere Dr., S. Antonio Ruiz-Quintanilla, Martha Bonney Jan 2008

Implications Of The Information Technology Revolution For People With Disabilities , Susanne M. Bruyere Dr., S. Antonio Ruiz-Quintanilla, Martha Bonney

Susanne Bruyère

The paper focuses on opportunities for the integration of persons with different types of disabilities in the information technology (IT) labour market. Recent IT developments are identified and examined for their potentially harmful or beneficial effects on access to the IT labour market for persons with disabilities. The opportunities created by new job creation, new forms of training, teleworking, and the role of assistive technologies in facilitating workplace accommodations are briefly described. The focus is on new options for the design and implementation of computer-related assistive technologies in the workplace, and the impact of teleworking and the World Wide Web …


Disability In A Technology-Driven Workplace, Susanne M. Bruyere Dr., William Erickson, Jennifer Schramm Jan 2008

Disability In A Technology-Driven Workplace, Susanne M. Bruyere Dr., William Erickson, Jennifer Schramm

Susanne Bruyère

New Internet and Web-based technology applications have meant significant cost and time efficiencies to many American businesses. However, many employers have not yet fully grasped the impact of these new information and communication technologies on applicants and employees with certain disabilities such as vision impairments, hearing problems or limited dexterity. Although not all applicants and employees who have a disability may experience IT-access problems, to select groups it can pose a needless barrier. The increasing dominance of IT in the workplace presents both a challenge and an opportunity for workers with disabilities and their employers. It will be up to …