Telework and virtual companies for the disabled

It is within this framework that a research project sponsored by Hewlett-Packard has been set up with the participation of the Pisa CNUCE Institute of the Italian CNR (National Research Council), specifically involving the Workgroup on Computer Technologies for Communication, of which the author is a member. The aim of the project is the creation of a virtual company, conducting its business solely on the Internet through the telework of personnel made up mostly of disabled persons. The ultimate objective is the founding of an authentic, exclusively on-line firm which, by projects end, will have established the necessary conditions to enable its employees to effectively earn their living by contributing in this virtual workplace.