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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I get emails daily but I think this blog from a college in NY tells it all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Michelle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.5pt;line-height:110%'><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Technology must accommodate disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>By <a href="http://www.dailyorange.com/writers/the-daily-orange-editorial-board/"><span style='text-decoration:none'>The Daily Orange Editorial Board</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>15 hours ago<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#444444'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A//www.dailyorange.com/2014/10/technology-must-accomodate-disabilities/"><b><span style='color:white;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.4pt;text-decoration:none'>Facebook</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#444444'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A//www.dailyorange.com/2014/10/technology-must-accomodate-disabilities/"><b><span style='color:white;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.4pt;text-decoration:none'>Twitter</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#444444'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A//www.dailyorange.com/2014/10/technology-must-accomodate-disabilities/"><b><span style='color:white;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.4pt;text-decoration:none'>Google+</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>No Syracuse University student with disabilities should have to advocate or request for learning materials to be made accessible to them. These materials should already be provided to those students. The university should prioritize making the technology it uses accessible to every student on its campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>In a report presented at the University Senate meeting on Wednesday, the Computing Services Committee recommended the university appoint a permanent Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator within the Information Technology and Services Department. This coordinator would develop campus-wide policies for ensuring technologies are universally accessible to all students. The year-long report had also found that roughly 11 percent of SU students and 6 percent of faculty are disabled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>As more professors post learning materials online, SU should work to ensure that students with disabilities are provided with the accessible technologies, which are tools that help people with disabilities access media that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>For example, the website Blackboard is currently inaccessible to blind students. With technology, such as screen readers, those students would be able to read the material. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Students with disabilities should not have to go out of their way to have the same material their classmates have. If SU wants to be considered truly inclusive and accommodating to all students, it needs to take the recommendations of the Computing Services Committee seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>While a majority of all campus buildings are accessible for those with disabilities, getting to and from classrooms is only a fraction of the college experience. Students with disabilities might be able to attend class, but without accessible technology, they are missing out on classroom materials<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Learning materials will not be going offline anytime soon. If anything, professors will likely continue to use Blackboard as a way to distribute readings and assignments. Every student at SU should have access to the same information and opportunities as their classmates. And they shouldn’t have to ask for it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Published on <a href="http://www.dailyorange.com/2014/10/14/"><span style='text-decoration:none'>October 14, 2014</span></a> at 12:01 am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Contact: <a href="mailto:opinion@dailyorange.com"><span style='text-decoration:none'>opinion@dailyorange.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#BBBBBB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AAPD Communications [<a href="mailto:communications@aapd.com">mailto:communications@aapd.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 14, 2014 11:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> Clark, Michelle - NRCS, Washington, DC<br><b>Subject:</b> AAPD Disability Daily 10/14<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#333333'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'>Can’t view this message? <a href="http://power.aapd.com/site/R?i=ubwrqZDRFFAEbRrYlQ4xkA"><b><span style='color:white'>Read it online</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:#FFFDFD'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><img border=0 width=550 height=101 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://power.aapd.com/images/content/pagebuilder/Disability_Daily.jpg" alt="AAPD Disability Daily"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:#FFFDFD'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><br><em><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Your news. 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