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Headstar partners on accessibility research
Research news published: Monday 17th August 2009
A survey in conjunction with Headstar has revealed that lack of accessibility in legacy systems and lack of budget are the main barriers preventing introduction of accessible ICT systems.
The survey, conducted by Bloor Research ( http://www.bloorresearch.com/ ), also revealed that fears over meeting legal requirements and enhancing corporate social responsibility are the main drivers for organisations who are working to make their internal ICT systems more accessible to people with disabilities.
As well as investigating these areas, the survey - which questioned organisations from both the public and private sector - examined current status and future plans for ICT accessibility in organisations, and what needs to be done by the industry to remove barriers hindering implementation.
In general, the survey also found the public sector to be more committed to ICT accessibility than the private sector, with more plans to continue improving its accessibility work.
Respondents were also asked to "suggest one improvement to accessibility support", a question also posed to delegates at Headstar's e-Access 09 conference ( http://www.headstar-events.com/eaccess09/ ) by Peter Abrahams of Bloor Research, with a popular response being a need to increase awareness of the issues, barriers and benefits of accessibility throughout all levels of an organisation. Other suggestions included better, easier to use testing tools, and products that are accessible 'out-of-the-box'.
A full report on the research, written by Peter Abrahams, has been published in E-Access Bulletin: http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?p=315
As well as investigating these areas, the survey - which questioned organisations from both the public and private sector - examined current status and future plans for ICT accessibility in organisations, and what needs to be done by the industry to remove barriers hindering implementation.
In general, the survey also found the public sector to be more committed to ICT accessibility than the private sector, with more plans to continue improving its accessibility work.
Respondents were also asked to "suggest one improvement to accessibility support", a question also posed to delegates at Headstar's e-Access 09 conference ( http://www.headstar-events.com/eaccess09/ ) by Peter Abrahams of Bloor Research, with a popular response being a need to increase awareness of the issues, barriers and benefits of accessibility throughout all levels of an organisation. Other suggestions included better, easier to use testing tools, and products that are accessible 'out-of-the-box'.
A full report on the research, written by Peter Abrahams, has been published in E-Access Bulletin: http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?p=315
