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The research will explore the utility and accessibility of a set of key digital technologies that have the potential to increase opportunities for workplace participation and heighten employment prospects for people with disabilities. Researchers on the project represent the CACP, CATEA (Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access) and GTRI (Georgia Tech Research Institute).
The research will focus on six digital technologies, provisionally including wireless communications, social networks, virtual worlds, web 2.0 and beyond, applications consolidators, and computational journalism.
The study will assess the accessibility of such new media and technologies and how they impact the employment of people with disabilities; illustrate present and future consumer needs; and provide both practical and general policy recommendations on how such media and technologies may be used to foster employment .