An Aging Workforce Needs Accessible Technology

I am starting this week my implementation of Accessibility in Scoilnet project.

I read this excellent study on Only 4 gurus , which prove that it's not only an issue for disability but for a growing part of the population.
By the way Only 4 gurus is a really nice site, so keep it in your favorites :-)

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A remarkable transformation is taking place in the composition of the American labor force: it is turning gray. By the end of this decade, the workforce will be older than ever before. Between now and 2020, the number of workers age 55 and over will increase by about 80 percent, to more than 33 million.

To date, few employers have fully prepared for this trend, although it will eventually require many of them to make extensive changes in their workplace policies and operations, including their use of technology.

The demographic shift is occurring because today’s aging Baby Boomers make up nearly half the workforce. Healthier than their forebears, with jobs that are less physically taxing, many are reluctant to retire early or completely. Some simply cannot afford to. A Gallup poll last year found that 46 percent of working adults planned to delay retirement because of the stock market’s decline."