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Accessibly Issues in 2011
Submitted by JaneJarrow on December 2, 2010 - 9:28pm
In the late 1970s, with the passage and implementation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, colleges and universities scrambled to determine what to do to make campuses accessible to students with disabilities. They assessed their buildings and grounds to determine where they needed ramps, and elevators, and Brailled signage. A new field of student services emerged (disability support services, or DSS), and institutions looked to the DSS professional to help determine just what the institution needed to commit to, and what the facilities folks needed to do, in order to assure arch
“Dear Colleague” Letter Provides Guidance – And A Warning
Submitted by JaneJarrow on July 28, 2010 - 3:16pm
On June 29, the US Departments of Justice and Education released a joint letter addressed to University and College Presidents nationwide. The letter explained both the context and the resolution of the recent complaints regarding a pilot study by several colleges/university in the use of the Kindle DX electronic book reader. (http://www.ada.gov/kindle_ltr_eddoj.htm ) As noted in the letter:
