Report on using technology to help at-risk youth and people with disabilities gain employment

Researchers at the Technology and Social Change Group in the University of Washington in Seattle (Joyojeet Pal, Jay Freistadt, Michele Frix, and Phil Neff) have recently released an important report on the impact of technology training on the employment prospects of at-risk youth and people with disabilities in five countries in Latin America.
The report’s findings [...]

OECD report on demography and higher education

The OECD has recently (2008 ) published an important monograph entitled Higher education to 2030 (Volume 1): demography (read only version)  In summary, this assumes that:

There will be continued expansion of student participation, with majority female participation, greater variation in student profiles and increased emphasis on issues of access and equality.
The academic profession is to [...]

Refurbished assistive technology hardware

I have long thought that it is close to obscene that ICTs designed to suport people with disabilities are often much more expensive than the standard computers and mobile ‘phones that most of us take for granted.  In large part, this is because of relatively low demand for assistive technologies.
However, ICTs can transform the lives [...]

Web Accessibilitiy Initiative’s new standards

Those interested in the use of the Web for and by people with disabilities will be gladdened by the announcement by W3C on 11th December 2008 that it had launched “a new standard that will help Web designers and developers create sites that better meet the needs of users with disabilities and older users. Drawing [...]