[Trainer-talk] {Disarmed} FW: AAPD Disability Daily 10/14

Wed Oct 15 01:57:14 UTC 2014

I  get emails daily but I   think this blog from a  college in NY tells it
all.

Michelle

Technology must accommodate disabilities

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The Daily Orange Editorial Board

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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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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

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.

Published on  <http://www.dailyorange.com/2014/10/14/> October 14, 2014 at
12:01 am

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NATIONAL

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Fixing the Broken Mental Health System. Huffington Post
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STATE/LOCAL

10 quotes: Greg Abbott on his disability. Politico
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Look beyond the wheelchairs. TribTalk
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Pittsburgh summit to showcase employment opportunities for those with
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CULTURE/MEDIA

New York Times Wins Disability Reporting Award. NCDJ
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(10/11)

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TECHNOLOGY

Technology must accommodate disabilities. The Daily Orange
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