Disability Inclusion and Accessibility for Everyone
Delivering inclusive, equitable and accessible products and practices benefits everyone, including people with disabilities, consumers, and businesses.
Amazon strives to be the earth’s most inclusive and accessible employer for people with disabilities. Customer obsession is in our DNA, and Amazon’s Global Disability Inclusion Office is obsessed with the employee experience and we work hard on equitable solutions for employees with disabilities across Amazon.
One way we are creating a more inclusive work environment is the installation of sign language video stations. They show a rotating series of videos about sign language topics and words. It helps employees learn the basics of sign language for their region and improve communication with their colleagues who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Back in 2016, we launched the Alternative Workforce Supplier Program (AWSP), a staffing program tailored to meet the needs of individuals who have traditionally faced obstacles to both entering and advancing in the workplace, beginning with people with disabilities. We have a full-time staff who are dedicated to cultivating community relationships and providing direct support to associates.
We help to build tools for user experience (UX) designers and engineers to enable accessible UX designs and software interfaces. Using these tools, UX designers can now communicate accessibility requirements to engineers with the click of a button in the design software they are already familiar with. With this simple change, we’re helping more people ensure accessibility is baked into experiences.
