[blindkid] IEP Document Accessibility
H. Field
missheather at comcast.net
Mon Oct 19 23:26:36 UTC 2009
Hi Wendy,
It's likely that this programme keeps electronic copies of IEPs for
teacher use. However, there must be some in the school who have a
version that can produce copies.
All the IEP meetings I've ever been to require that the parents are
given a final copy of the IEP. Also, parents are required to sign the
IEP to show agreement. I don't believe it is legal not to give paper
copies to necessary parties. At worst, a paper copy could be scanned
into a Word document and someone could format it for brailing. As
blindness is a low incidence disability, it is likely that
Accessability will be a problem for some time. So, we need to make
schools realise that they have to find a way.
Regards,
Heather Field
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy Molle" <WMOLLE at schoharie.k12.ny.us>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:49 PM
Subject: [blindkid] IEP Document Accessibility
Hi! I am a school librarian. Our IEP's are on a program called IEP
Direct. Supposedly it increases privacy because paper copies cannot
be left around. As far as I know, paper copies can't be generated by
the program. It is not in a .doc, .txt, or PDF format. We have to
log onto the website to read the IEP. It is often very complicated
with boxes, charts, x's to choose options, etc. I cannot imagine it
is very accessible with a screen reader.
Wendy
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