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Follow-up Session: Cloud-based Accessibility; Implications for the Workplace and Employment. Clayton Lewis Consultant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, US Department of Education. The Original Session, NEC 2012.
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Follow-up Session:Cloud-based Accessibility; Implications for the Workplace and Employment Clayton Lewis Consultant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, US Department of Education
The Original Session, NEC 2012 The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure initiative will use cloud computing to make it much easier for people with disabilities to get information and services delivered to them in a manner that automatically matches their individual capabilities, needs, and preferences. In this interactive session, the audience will discuss how this technology can be shaped to best address workplace accommodations and other employment related needs. For example, how can this technology make it easier for people to change jobs, without worrying about negotiating and arranging needed accommodations? More generally, what considerations regarding the workplace and employment should the people who are developing this technology be aware of?
Update European/Canadian Cloud4All project continues • 19 diverse autopersonalization prototypes are in active development • they range from Internet Explorer and Window to TextHelp applications to mobile platform support NIDRR funded contract team is studying aids to creating appropriate preferences
Update (cont.) New European/Canadian Prosperity4All project starting Create a vibrant, profitable, assistive-technology market Decrease costs and expertise required of mainstream companies Involve consumer and consumer expertise in product development
Update (cont.) Key goal of Prosperity4All: two-sided market supported by multi-sided infrastructure • Move from push market (developers guess needs and push out products) to pull market (consumers express needs and demands; developers respond) Prosperity4All/GPII infrastructure informs developers about consumer needs, and consumers about developer offerings