Publisher: Accenture
Topics: Supported Employment Practice-Business Intelligence, Supported Employment Practice-Best Practices, Compliance-Policies, Pathways-Professional Development, Workplace Solutions – Accessibility & Universal Design, Workplace Solutions – Accommodations, Workplace Solutions – Innovations, Workplace Solutions – Disability Specific Workplace Inclusion
Year published: 2018
Type of resource: PDF

The Accessibility Advantage: Why Businesses Should Care About Inclusive Design is a position paper by Accenture, a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.

“Businesses that will thrive in the economy of tomorrow recognize that meeting the needs of diverse populations is key to their business model today. But an often under-recognized group is those with disabilities. In fact, providing increased access to technologies that meet the needs of persons with disabilities lays the foundation for inclusive work cultures that enable these employees to thrive—presenting a tremendous opportunity.

What’s more, companies that embrace inclusion outperform their competitors. In the report Getting to Equal: The Disability Inclusion Advantage, Accenture notes that of the 140 companies in the Disability Equality Index (DEI)—a benchmarking tool that gives US businesses an objective score on their disability inclusion policies and practices—the 45 companies that stand out for their leadership in areas specific to disability employment and inclusion had, on average over a four-year period, 28 percent higher revenue, double the net income and 30 percent higher economic profit margins than the other companies.”

Access this resource here: The Accessibility Advantage: Why Businesses Should Care About Inclusive Design.