[Pibe-division] U.S. DEpt of Justice and U.S. Dept of Education new technology guidelines

[Sara Rooz]

Dear ERic,

 I am blind and am a certified teacher of the blind and visually impaired in my state.  I cannot comment if School districts nationally  are aware of the guidelines written by the U.S. department  of Justice and the U..s.  Deptartment of Education. Interestingly, these documents focus on making accessible websites to blind and visually impaired students. A new system for inputting student's information to write Ieps goals and objectives, in New York City, the SESIs system, is difficult for sighted certified teachers of the blind as well as blind and visually impaired certified teachers of the blind to use with thscreen readers such as Jaws for Windows. I wonder how accessibility in this area can be addressed. 

Secondly, while attending Dominican College in New York, to become a certified teacher of the blind, the website, course assignments, quizzes and discussions for students to participate in were accessible to me using the blackboard system when I used my screen reader, Jaws for Windows and a Braille display. The only documents that blind people find hard to read are PDF documents, particularly when the documents are downloaded from the internet. When I encountered such a document, I emailed my instructor about the accessibility issue and was told what to do. Email was also accessible between professors and students. I had a terrific learning experience at my college, although it used the online method. I attended this university from 2006-2007. 

Sara Rooz

Certified teacher of the blind and visually impaired in New York

Independent Related Service Provider Vision Education Services in New York City

 
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