Month: August 2016

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“Tapping Into Hidden Human Capital,” A newly released book by Debra Ruh, Demonstrates How Leading Global Companies Improve Their Bottom Line By Employing PwD’s

“TAPPING INTO HIDDEN HUMAN CAPITAL,” A NEWLY RELEASED BOOK BY DEBRA RUH, DEMONSTRATES HOW LEADING GLOBAL COMPANIES IMPROVE THEIR BOTTOM LINE BY EMPLOYING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Atlanta, GA. 07/18/2016 —

G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies announced today the publication of a new book authored by Debra Ruh, G3ict’s EmployAbility Program Chair.

Hidden Human Potential coverIn this book, Tapping into Hidden Human Capital: How Leading Global Companies Improve their Bottom Line by Employing Persons with Disabilities,” Debra Ruh presents a new, game-changing perspective about the employment of persons with disabilities. By documenting existing practices of some of the largest companies in the world, the author shows that employees with disabilities are proactively recruited for their positive contributions to the competitiveness and financial performance of major businesses.

While Debra Ruh documents case studies that are eye-opening, her detailed analysis of the success factors in recruiting, hiring, and managing persons with disabilities are a must-read for any Human Resources professional and top executive of large organizations operating in highly competitive employment markets, such as those in the field of technology.

Debra Ruh’s book guides global corporations, as well as beginning entrepreneurs on how to integrate persons with disabilities in every aspect of the workforce. It takes the reader through each step, from recruiting and interviewing to employing and retaining persons with disabilities in the organization as vital employees. The book offers insights and strategies on how to accommodate employees with disabilities, how to fully leverage their skills and talents, and transform challenges into successes. Additionally, Debra Ruh includes personal accounts from global leaders about how persons with disabilities have enriched their businesses, increased productivity, and lowered turnover rates.

“This is an outstanding compendium of practical solutions for all employers. From large organizations with a global footprint to entrepreneurs with a few employees, attracting and retaining the right talent is the most critical success factor for their business. This book will definitely be looked upon as a milestone in how companies think about recruiting persons with disabilities,” commented Axel Leblois, G3ict President and Executive Director. “We are very pleased to publish Debra Ruh’s latest work and to make it available through all major book distribution channels worldwide.”

Tapping into Hidden Human Capital is available in paper back on the G3ict website.

Click this link to order – “Tapping into Human Capital”.

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About the Author
Debra Ruh is a Global Disability Inclusion Strategist and serves as the EmployAbility Program Chair for G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs. She is a seasoned entrepreneur having founded three firms including Ruh Global Communications, TecAccess and Strategic Performance Solutions. At TecAccess, more than two third of her employees were persons with disabilities, serving as a best practice for many employers. Her client-centric focus and ability to promote successful disability employment programs has created relationships with many multi-national firms including Accenture, AT&T, ATOS, Avanade, Best Buy, Bloomberg, Canon, Capital One, CSC, CVS, Disney, Dell, Deloitte, E&Y, El Al Israel Airlines, HP, IBM, McDonalds, MCI, Merck, Microsoft, TD Bank, Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, VMware, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo and many others including United Nations agencies, international governments, federal, state and local agencies.

 

About G3ict
G3ict – the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies – is an advocacy initiative launched in December 2006 in cooperation with the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN DESA. Its mission is to facilitate and support the implementation of the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the accessibility of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and assistive technologies. G3ict relies on an international network of ICT accessibility experts to develop and promote good practices, technical resources and benchmarks for ICT accessibility advocates around the world. It is incorporated as a nonprofit organization in the State of Georgia, USA, and headquartered in Atlanta. Visit www.g3ict.org.

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Don’t Pull Your Hair Searching for Code Examples – ARIA and Form Fields

Rosemary Musachio, Chief Accessibility Officer, Ruh Global Communications
Rosemary Musachio, Chief Accessibility Officer, Ruh Global Communications

If you are like me, searching for good code examples when you try to find solutions to accessibility issues can make you pull out your hair.  You Google it and you get tons of results.  When you finally find something, you go to the site to realize it’s only a forum unanswered question.  Your excitement peaks again when you find a blog post that discusses the solution you’ve sought, but it doesn’t show the specific code example.  Conversely, the blog post may have the code example without showing the actual component.

To prevent you from going bald, I’d like to share a complied list of websites each month that offer good code examples and the finished products.  This month’s list is categorized into ARIA and Form Fields.

ARIA

Ajax Accessibility Examples – A great site for ARIA examples.   It  has a summary table of code examples  and their associated roles, properties, and states.  When you go to an example page, it has the actual component, a list of ARIA elements that are used, and the code example.  Besides the summary table, you can search for examples by the three ARIA categories mentioned above.

W3C’s Role Model – The site explains everything you wanted to know about ARIA Roles and more.  It describes each role in depth, including listing all the properties that are compatible with it.  Even though the site offers code examples, it should provide them for every role-property combination.  However, it is a must for anyone who wants to learn about ARIA.

Illinois Center for Information Technology and Web Accessibility ARIA Examples – The website has a table for concise searches concerning ARIA form control properties.  When you click a link in the table, you see the form control that uses ARIA and the code in HTML and CSS.

ARIA Landmarks in (X)HTML – The webpage describes ARIA landmarks and how to implement them.  The descriptions are straightforward.  Since the page itself uses landmarks, you can view the code to it.

Form Fields

Accessible Web Form – The page screams simplicity.  It is so easy to follow.  It shows a form with various types of fields, including field groups (i.e. fieldset).  After the form, it shows the code for it.  That’s it.

Jim Thatcher’s Accessible Forms – What’s a list of accessible form examples without the father of web accessibility, Jim Thatcher?  He explains accessible forms as clear as the mountain air.  He presents form elements, including edit fields in a table, and the codes.

Webaim’s Creating Accessible Forms – The webpage offers an organized description of each type of form field, visual examples, and codes.  It also describes different types of labeling, such as title attributes and aria-label.

Web Accessibility Tutorials – Form Concepts – The page offers links to different aspects of accessible forms, from firm labeling to custom controls.  When you click each link, it shows visual examples and code snippets.  W3C did a good job of making these pages concise, a pleasant turn from the norm.

Do you know other sites of great ARIA and Form Field examples?  If so, put them in comments for this post.  This is a great way to help each other out in making the Web more accessible.

Learn more about our work at www.RuhGlobal.com or follow us on Social Media @rosemusachio, @debraruh and @ruhglobal on most channels.

#AXSChat: Join Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken, and Antonio Santos for a weekly Twitter Chat on Disability Inclusion, ICT Accessibility, Built Environment, CRPD, Empowerment and Employment. Just search the hashtag #AXSChat at 3pmEST and join the conversation.  You can learn more about AXSChat at www.AXSChat.com.

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