[blindlaw] College textbooks question

[James Pepper]

Colleges are required to have all access specifically in the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and all of their federal money that they have received since
1973 acts as a lein against their assets requiring them to comply with the
Act. This also includes all money in Federal Student Loans, Presidential
Librairies, Grants, etc.  They are extremely exposed by this law and so they
should be providing alternative means for you to access content.  If they
are not, they would have to figure out how to operate without all of the
assets since 1973.  You might want to look into this law.

They actually wrote a whole section of the law just for post secondary
schools and they have been on the hook for this since 1973.  Also they are
required to do this in employment and in access to educational materials, so
always check to see if they have done this in their employment division.

James Pepper
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Ross Doerr <rumpole at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Hello Angie:
> thank you for the reference.
> I have been looking through the Instructional Materials Accessibility Act
> of 2002 provisions and am not finding the university level applicability I
> was hoping for, but it is nice to know that One state has takent he plunge
> in that direction. I will look into it.
> Thank you.
> Ross A. Doerr Esq.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Matney" <angie at mpmail.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] College textbooks question
>
>
>   Hi Ross,
>>
>> I don't remember the case you're referring to, but I think there is a New
>> York law concerning accessibility of post-secondary texts. The Cornell
>> disability services person mentioned it to me when I was trying to decide
>> where to go to law school. He
>> made it sound as though publishers must provide electronic copies if they
>> are requiested.
>>
>> Sorry I don't know more about this.
>>
>> Angie
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:21:47 -0400, Ross Doerr wrote:
>>
>> Recently there was a case noted on this list that involved college level
>>> textbooks being in accessible format.
>>> If anyone recalls that case, could you please contact me off list?
>>> Any comments  regarding college level textbook accessibility would be
>>> welcome as well.
>>>
>>
>> Ross Doerr Esq.
>>> rumpole at roadrunner.com
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