Tackling disability as a global business issue
summary
Business Disability Forum presents concrete tools: an online Disability Standard, an Excel-based Accessibility Maturity Model (AMM) with an average member score of 2.7, an Accessible Technology Charter signed by 49 organisations, and 30+ free best-practice guides. A new Global Business Disability Framework launched in July maps 10 corporate areas to measurable criteria for global functions and procurement. Members (about 300 employers covering ~15% of the UK workforce and 8 million globally) report using the tools to benchmark, prioritize three improvement areas, and drive consistent workplace adjustments across countries.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 13:20Disability Standard
- 15:37The Technology Taskforce
- 27:14How to make accessibility 'easier'
- 32:23Global Taskforce
- 39:30Global Business Disability Framework
- 43:21Any questions?
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