[nabs-l] textbooks and inaccessible cds

[Joshua Lester]

I Googled it, and there's alot of great info, on the ADA Website.
Blessings, Joshua

On 1/16/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> You might want to Google it or something.
>
> Chris
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:24:43 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] textbooks and inaccessible cds
>
> I'm not sure the citation, and the section of the ADA, but I
> heard it
> on the news, in June, of 2011.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 1/15/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>  Joshua,
>  Can you site the case and section of the ADA?
>  I might call DOJ and find out.  That is if I do not get anywhere
> with the
>  publisher.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Joshua Lester
>  Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:03 PM
>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] textbooks and inaccessible cds
>
>  Ashley, they have to make them accessible.
>  The Department of Justice said so.
>  They ruled, two years ago, that the ADA now applies to Websites.
>  Blessings, Joshua
>
>  On 1/15/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  I do not think publishers have to make their cds and websites
> accessible.
>  Sometimes a text comes with a companion cd.
>  But it seems right to do so.  Well, I뭢 trying to take an intro
> to
>  computers
>  class.
>
>  Know what? The site uses flash and is not accessible! At least
> not on the
>  first page.  I might be able to get someone to click on
> something and get
>  in
>  that way.  The CD is the same way!
>  The publisher is Paradigm.  Has anyone else used their books and
> run  into
>  this?
>
>  I like to access the cd and/or textbook website because you get
> other
>  benefits such as chapter summaries, definition of terms, other
> study
>  tools,
>  and practice quizzes.  I don뭪 do this for every class; I do
> have a life.
>  But
>  some classes, I do take a few practice quizzes and I find it
> helps me
>  prepare and study for the real quiz or test.
>
>  I might report this if I can find a point of contact; I뭢 hoping
> they have
>
>  a
>  diversity or accessibility department.  We will see.
>  If anyone had success in reporting publisher website or cd-rom
> issues and
>  got them fixed, that would be nice to know.  Maybe the publisher
> will send
>  me
>  stuff directly; we뭠l see.
>  Ashley
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