Nearly 80 per cent of people with disabilities are unemployed, compared with less than 5 per cent unemployment among the rest of the population, according to a group that provides services for disabled people.
Enable Ireland called on employers to accommodate and consider people with disabilities for employment by using technology.
Eleven people were awarded with certificates for completing the 2004 AT course at a ceremony hosted by software giant Microsoft today. This brings the numbers who have taken the course to 76 after four years.
The key aim of the training programme, part-funded by Microsoft, is to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities at work, in education and in society, Enable Ireland said. The scheme was established by the disability body and Microsoft four years ago.
Assistive Techology (AT) allows people with disabilities to use mainstream technology to aid communication, mobility and independent living.
Ms Siobhan Long of Enable Ireland said: "We are calling on employers to make themselves aware of the advantages of assistive technology when employing people with disabilities.
"The high level of unemployment among people with disabilities is needless and the low cost of AT to an employer means that there is no argument against its adoption."
Mr Joe Macri, general manager of Microsoft Ireland, said technology can play a key role in helping bring people "into the mainstream", either through the learning opportunities it presents or through the skills and capabilities it provides.