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The value proposition of disability-driven innovation

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Guest Articles
Author
Robert Ludke
Date
07.09.2022
Robert Ludke speaks on a podium at Harkin Summit 2022 in Belfast on the topic of "The value proposition of disability-driven innovation".

How can you enrich your company, drive up profitability, and increase shareholder returns? Competitive, integrated employment (CIE) is your answer. But how does CIE work and why is it valuable for your organization? We asked Robert Ludke, Senior Fellow at Harkins Institute about the benefits of disability employment and the payoff in innovation and market value for organizations.

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Web-accessibility benefits everyone

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Guest Articles
Author
Werner Rosenberger
Date
19.05.2022
Text: #GAAD "Web-accessibility benefits everyone", by Werner Rosenberger. Photos: 1) Werner Rosenberger portrait outdoors; sitting in wheelchair and looking at the camera; 2) Regular keyboard next to a Braille keyboard

If the term web-accessibility pops up in your newsfeed more often these days, it’s not a coincidence. And while it has become a buzzword by now, it isn’t always clear what it means in practice. How does it relate to your business, and what do you need to do to make your products and services accessible? Will it pay off? And what is this new EU-Directive all about? We asked Werner Rosenberger, Certified Web Accessibility Expert at the Austrian Association in Support of the Blind and Visually Impaired and Project Manager for the Web Accessibility Certificate Austria (WACA), to bring us up to speed on the status of web-accessibility in Europe, and how businesses can reap the benefits of creating products and services for all.

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