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This workshop by WIPO-ITU explores the International Labour Organization's (ILO) background in vocational rehabilitation, with a focus on their strong engagement and recent panel discussion on people with disabilities in times of economic crisis. The ILO employs a visually impaired person and has a web presence since 1996, consisting of over 150 unit websites. However, their holistic approach to accessibility is still fragmented, and they aim to create uniformity in the interface and navigation, raise awareness, and use a CMS with accessibility features. They also plan to redesign the website in the future, improving architecture, content, and making extensive use of Alt tags. The video "Decent Work for People with Disabilities: Count Us In" provides more insights.
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WIPO-ITU Accessibility workshop “The ILO experience” A. Quacchia International Labour Organization
Background Vocational rehabilitation in Caracas • Strong engagement • Recent panel “people with disabilities in times of Economic crisis” • Employs one person visually impaired
Web presence • Since 1996 • Composed of over 150 Unit web sites • Decentralized publication model • An holistic approach is still quite fragmented • Few examples of ILO accessible web sites done for specific audience with disability
Current status • Create uniformity in the interface and navigation • Raise awareness • Use a CMS with Accessibility features • Design choice - Textual navigation links • Increase readability from the screen readers
Accessibility guidelines • Help boost SEO • Help site usability • Help drive more traffic
In the future • Redesign of the website • Architecture • Content • Make extensive use of Alt tag • Guidelines and training on accessible PDFs
Thank you ! quacchia@ilo.org Watch the video “decent work for people with disabilities: “Count us in”