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• Accessibility to Work from Home for the Disabled: The Need for a Shift in Management Style

  Rosemary Spark · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This short paper argues that working from home (telecommuting) offers significant benefits for people with disabilities but requires a fundamental shift in management practices to succeed. The author synthesizes research and policy evidence from Australia, the UK, US, and…

  telecommuting · remote work · disability employment · workplace accessibility · disability inclusion

• Working Together: Technology as the Foundation for Better Employment Outcomes for People with Disability

  Alastair McEwin · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  Written by Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission, this keynote paper draws on the findings of the 2016 "Willing to Work" national inquiry into employment discrimination against older Australians and Australians with…

  disability employment · disability rights · workplace accessibility · digital inclusion · disability discrimination

• Microsoft's Journey Towards Inclusion

  David Masters · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This industry paper by Microsoft's Corporate Affairs Director for Australia outlines Microsoft's four-pillar accessibility strategy and its practical implementation across recruitment, onboarding, workplace culture, and innovation. The four pillars are: (1) providing accessible…

  disability employment · organizational accessibility · inclusive hiring · disability inclusion · corporate accessibility

• The Crowd Work Accessibility Problem

  Saiganesh Swaminathan, Kotaro Hara, Jeffrey P. Bigham · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper examines a largely overlooked accessibility problem: the inaccessibility of crowdsourcing tasks themselves. While crowd work platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) offer potential employment benefits for people with disabilities — flexible scheduling, remote…

  web accessibility evaluation · crowdsourcing · employment · disability employment · WCAG compliance

• Employment in the Digital Age for People with Impairments

  Kevin Carey · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This position paper from Kevin Carey of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) offers a provocative critique of existing disability employment strategies in the context of digital transformation. Carey argues that while no technological revolution in history has…

  employment accessibility · disability employment · digital economy · automation · web accessibility

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