If adequately directed, emerging technologies have the huge capacity to create new industries, professions and employment. Rather than simply replacing human labor, technology can enhance it. Technology can also be of help to people with disabilities and has the potential to help increase human productivity as well as the quality of work. Maximizing this potential will require innovative policies, regulations, standards and business practices that increase the quality of work and economic security. It will mean building a broad coalition between workers and their advocates, the private sector and policymakers across local and central government levels to generate ideas and promote action.