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IT for people with hearing loss: Hello everyone. I am Tony, and I graduated from Penn State university with a B.S. in Information Sciences Technology: application and integration. But somewhat I am unfortunate now, since I lost half of my hearing from the war back in my country Kosovo. Now, I applied in many places to...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Strategy, tonymustang02@..., accommodation, disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, information technology; Discussion threads 2007-09-04
Blind man sues Target....: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15419164/wid/11915829?GT1=8618I know this has already been brought up once before. I feel that the flood gates are just about to brust wide open. How do we solve this? Rewrite ALL webstites or just wait till you're sued then do it?This is just a little crazy to me.There are lots of...; Tags: HTML, off-topic, tweakerxp, Web, Web site; Discussion threads 2006-10-25
Check out ADA: American Disablities Act. They may have contacts for different styles of keyboards that may be of use to those with limited functions.Check with the Student Disabilities Office...of a local public university. THey should have resources to help you determine what is considered "reasonable" under ADA. They should also...; Tags: Check, Dragon Dictate, Americans with Disabilities Act, miscellaneous, rwinquest@..., off-topic, Dragon, PC; Discussion threads 2006-08-01
Managing excessive absenteeism: p>ByRobin Thomas, J.D.You've been here before. An employee uses up all of hisvacation and sick days in the first six months of the year and then still needsadditional time off. Do you have to continue giving him the leave?Â At what point do the absences becomeexcessive and trigger disciplinary action?Â Most...; Tags: absence, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act; Technical articles 2005-06-14
More than half of poll respondents support users covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act: Check out these Polling Place Quick Poll results to see how many members report supporting end users covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), TechRepublic Staff, Americans with Disabilities Act; Technical articles 2002-11-28

How to help a good employee overcome problems: What do you do when one of your best employees has fallen into bad habits such as frequent absences and tardiness? These guidelines from seasoned HR pros can help you understand the problem and take steps to retain the worker.Let human resources manager and technical recruiter Tim Heard find the...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Tim Heard, strategy, depression, Human Resources, accommodation, Americans with Disabilities Act; Technical articles 2002-05-01
Browse these resources for training deaf students: Hearing people have a lot to learn about deaf people, and these Web sites provide several good places to start reading. From understanding the deaf culture to reconfiguring PCs, these sites will help you do a better job helping deaf students learn.The Web contains a wealth of information for trainers...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), PRODUCTIVITY, Mary Ann Richardson, training, Web, instructor, deaf culture, deaf student, Americans with Disabilities Act; Technical articles 2000-09-04

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ShoreTel Ergonomic Phones: Ergonomics is the science of designing products, machines, and systems in a way that maximizes the safety, comfort, and efficiency of the people who use them. Unfortunately, until now, few office telephones have been designed with ergonomics in mind. But ShoreTel has changed all that with the introduction of its...; Tags: Phone, ShoreTel, Ergonomics, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; White papers 2006-09-01
Improving the Management and Efficiency of Instructional Systems Development Teams: This paper presents solutions for select problem areas that impact instructional systems development teams and introduces Integrated Knowledge Elements or iKe, a tool that can improve communications, increase efficiencies, and significantly reduce development time. Using iKe, Instructional Systems Development ISD teams can produce web-based or CDROM-based training products that conform...; Tags: Team, Training, Team Management, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; White papers 2004-09-30
The Disability Network Closes Digital Gap for People With Disabilities: Located in Flint, Mich., and serving the residents of Genesee County, The Disability Network TDN is a nine-year-old, community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities to integrate into all aspects of community life. The challenge was to build an innovative and sustainable technology/assistive technology infrastructure to bridge the...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Disability, Networking; Case studies
Left without a leg to stand on...: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-01-24T174219Z_01_N23323934_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEGS.xml~lmao~puttingthe handcuffs on him could be concidered cruel and unusual punishment though. ]:)hahahaha! no -he was hopping around on his middle wicket!:DGGJaquiwhy did your last post not surprise me in the slightest???!!!:DGGquickyshould have been a quicky then :PRobit must have beensupremely easy to arrest him after that ... or could...; Tags: D, D GG, Jaqui, leg, oddly enough, off-topic; Discussion threads 2006-01-25
SIUC and Dell Adapt to Students With Disabilities: Like many schools, Southern Illinois University Carbondale SIUC has a large population of students with disabilities. The original computers that were being used in the Computer Learning Centers often presented many compatibility issues with the adaptive technology. When SIUC standardized on Dell equipment, Dell computers were found to be extremely...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Computer, Disability, Productivity; Case studies
Accessible Technology Proves an Essential Business Tool for Convergys Corporation: Computer access for employees with disabilities is important to the success of Convergys Corporation, a global leader in integrated billing, employee care, and customer care services provided through outsourcing or licensing. Serving top companies in a wide range of industries in more than 40 countries, the employer of 45,000 people...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Technology, Tool, Convergys Corp., Disability, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Outsourcing, Construction, Leadership, Operating Systems, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management; Case studies
Universal Design: A Commitment to Accessible Software From SAS Institute: Accessible software is designed to be usable by people who have diverse impairments or disabilities. These people often use assistive technologies to adjust a computer to meet their needs for help with visual, hearing, dexterity, cognitive, and speech disabilities. SAS believes that they have a legal, economic, and moral imperative...; Tags: Software, SAS Institute, Disability; White papers 2005-04-01
Hire IT pros with disabilities to fill your worker shortage: As most IT consulting firms scramble to fill open positions, millions of available workers remain unemployed—workers with disabilities. Find out how you can tap into this valuable human resource.According to a recently released study by the Information Technology Association of America, the number of unfilled IT positions at U.S. companies...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, Timothy Huckabee, disability, applicant, worker; Technical articles 2001-03-14
About Accessibility for People With Disabilities: Microsoft is committed to making products that are accessible and usable by all people, including those with disabilities. Many accessibility features are built right into Microsoft Word. These features are available to everyone, without the need for additional accessibility aids. This paper explains the various accessibility options which are available...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Disability, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; White papers 2007-12-01
Zoo Brings Curricula to Students With Disabilities Using Tablet PCs: Chicago's Brookfield Zoo wanted to broaden the reach of its CONNECTIONS program, which helps students build on classroom learning by conducting field research and other activities at the zoo. Over one thousand students with disabilities often have difficulty participating in programs that involve animal observations and data collection on paper....; Tags: Solution, PC, Tablet PC, Student, Disability, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies
Advanced ACT Password Recovery (zip): Use this program to recover or replace lost or forgotten passwords to protected BLB, MUD and ADF files created in ACT contact management software (from Symantec, Best Software and Sage). All versions of ACT (up to ACT 2007) are supported. The passwords are recovered or removed instantly. Version 2.20 adds...; Tags: Password, Recovery, ACT!, ElcomSoft; Software downloads 2006-11-10
Different benefits for different categories of employees: p>By Robin Thomas, J.D.Manyemployers mistakenly think that you must offer the same benefits to all of youremployees.Â However, as a general rule,you have a lot of discretion to set the eligibility requirements for employmentbenefits, as long as you offer them on a nondiscriminatory basis and abide by federaland state regulations.Â ...; Tags: employees.Â, benefit, Nondiscrimination, tax; Technical articles 2005-09-20
The VoIP Vision: Today's enterprise contact center strategy can include multiple in-house agent sites, multiple outsourced call centers and a diversity of home-based remote agents. Traditional IT infrastructures, however, were never designed to support this distributed strategy. Newer, VoIP contact center technology addresses these challenges by enabling all sites and agents to share...; Tags: VoIP, Agent, Contact Center, Call Centers, Real Estate, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts

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