TecAccess Featured in Fortune Small Business Magazine

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Rockville, VA - October 14, 2008 -- TecAccess, a leader in accessibility and workforce solutions, is featured on CNN.com and in this month´s issue of Fortune Small Business (FSB) magazine, which coincides with National Disability Employment Awareness Month. FSB is delivered to one million small business owners nationwide, an audience that industry watchers say is taking notice of the growing population of people with disabilities—not only this month but in all future business initiatives -- as an untapped customer and employee base.

"TecAccess has found a lucrative niche connecting workers with disabilities with high-tech job opportunities," writes Phaedra Hise of Fortune Small Business Magazine in the September 2008 issue.

TecAccess, based in Richmond, Virginia, employs associates across the world, due to the company´s telecommuting model, and is recognized internationally for groundbreaking efforts in hiring people with disabilities as consultants, including veterans with disabilities, capable of improving the bottom line for those in industry and government.

"We feel that there is no better consultant than a person with a disability to help organizations reach the untapped and growing worldwide population of people with disabilities, Baby Boomers, age-related disabilities, and veterans with disabilities," explains Debra Ruh, founder and chairman of TecAccess. "Fortune Magazine recognizes this trend, as well as the unique approach that TecAccess is taking to help our customers understand what it takes to better serve others with disabilities."

She adds, "It simply makes good business sense - people with disabilities make up the world´s largest and fastest growing minority group. It´s wise to listen to their needs, and now - thanks to the Fortune Small Business article - today more and more business leaders understand the positive impact people with disabilities can have throughout the marketplace."

The Fortune Small Business article goes on to explain how TecAccess has focused primarily on accessible technology as a way for clients to better reach this booming demographic. Additionally, the article details how and why it pays big dividends to design web and non-web based technologies to be accessible to all users.

As evidence of this cutting-edge approach to today´s business landscape, Fortune Small Business profiled the accessibility features found in Canon USA´s ImageRunner copier, a product to which TecAccess contributed accessibility guidance. In the FSB article, Canon´s Government Policy and Compliance Analyst, Aubrey Woolley, explains, "That allowed us to remain competitive in the marketplace - particularly with government customers who focus on accessibility."

In addition to TecAccess´ consulting business, Fortune also featured the company´s success in the past year in securing technical engineering jobs for hundreds of techies with disabilities. Fortune reports that some business unnecessarily fear the expense of providing workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities, such as buying special keyboards or chairs to meet ADA requirements; while in reality, close to 60% of employers have reported that their employees with disabilities have excelled in the workforce with no cost to the company at all. Many of TecAccess´ clients, such as Scott McKay, CIO at Genworth Financial, report that disability employment and diversity initiatives also drive productivity, morale, and efficiency.

For more on the business value of disability employment and accessibility initiatives in today´s workforce, visit TecAccess and Fortune Small Business.

About TecAccess

TecAccess is the most awarded risk management and accessibility consultancy in the world. TecAccess turns potential risks into a marketplace advantage through leading accessibility services and products. With a focus on Section 508 compliance, TecAccess makes Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) accessible to the world´s largest and fastest growing demographic - people with disabilities. TecAccess is a certified Woman-Owned and SBA certified 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB).

For further information about TecAccess, please call: (804) 749-8646, e-mail info@tecaccess.net, or visit our website at www.TecAccess.net.

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