[blindlaw] text of LSAC's lettertoaccompany non-standard LSAT administration

[James Pepper]

One of the solutions is to create a test that can be taken by all people at
the same time, whether they are blind or not.  This can be accomplished and
I have written about this in an upcoming book where I explain how to lay out
this content in a standardized test.  The problem here is that this all
comes down to layout of the test and making it accessible to all.  If
everyone takes the same test, then everyone can be rated the same.  I can
lay out this test so you do not need extra time.

Of course what is needed here is a time study and the folks at the LSAT are
probably realizing that the NFB is going to explain these issues in the
court case.
Institutions use online application processes to sift out their applicants
and this is an accepted policy.  But what happens when they sift out the
blind and disabled because they cannot fill out the form because the
webmaster does not know how to lay out content properly?
This is an ever increasing problem and although people rely on the latest
version of JAWS to get them through these things, most people who are blind
do not own JAWS.  JAWS compensates for the lack of abilities of webmasters
to properly format content.  It really is an amazing program because the
stuff you find accessible in webpages, is not designed that way!  JAWS is
making up the difference.

So the problem here is layout and getting the LSAT to lay out its content
for everyone.  That seems to be a simple discrimination case right there.

James Pepper