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From: "Neuman, Dale A." <NeumanD at umkc.edu>
To: <jamesmmoynihan at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 7:47 AM
Subject: NFB story


QuickWire: Advocates for the Blind Resolve Tech-Accessibility Dispute With 
Penn State

October 11, 2011, 5:52 pm

By Marc Parry<http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/author/mparry>

One year ago, the country’s largest organization of blind people filed a 
federal 
complaint<http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/penn-state-accused-of-discriminating-against-blind-students/28154> 
charging that blind students and professors suffer “pervasive and ongoing 
discrimination” at Pennsylvania State University because of the widely 
inaccessible nature of technology used on the campus. That thunderous attack 
ended with a whimper today. The National Federation of the Blind and Penn 
State released a statement<http://www.nfb.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=862> 
saying the dispute has been resolved with “no admission of any wrongdoing.” 
Their news release doesn’t elaborate much. Penn State stresses its long 
history of providing assistive technologies to blind students, an effort it 
plans to continue. The advocacy group emphasizes Penn State’s agreement to 
take some vaguely described “additional steps” to deal with this issue.



Dale A. Neuman
Director, Harry S Truman Center for Governmental Affairs
Special Projects Associate, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
816-235-6108 or 816-235-2787
FAX 816-235-5191
Neumand at umkc.edu