Webinar Nov 2023 - Recruit and retain the best staff by maximising workplace accessibility

The move away from paper-based to digital systems in the workplace is a significant step forward for general productivity but also expands career opportunities for employees who are blind or vision impaired.
However, technology and digitisation has created some new challenges. Employers should consider how their employees with vision impairment will manage complex digital workflows.
This webinar will explain how Quantum RLV and Vision Australia’s Assistive Technology, Training, Employment Services, and Digital Access divisions can work together, with JobAccess, to offer a seamless process to employers. Some case studies will be presented, with examples of adjustments that have led to successful outcomes with collaborative planning.
Accessibility is more than a WCAG 2.0 tickbox, or the purchase of screen reading software. It is certainly important to confirm that workflows are “accessible” with products like JAWS and ZoomText; but also important to assess whether they are “practical”. Does it take ten steps to execute a function that sighted employees can instantly complete with a single mouse click? Should we modify our systems? Or, the employee’s access tools?
To attract the best staff, get them up and running quickly, and allow them to thrive and work alongside their colleagues as equals, is the ultimate goal; but it takes a mix of assistive technology, training and smart, sensible adjustments.