[blindkid] IEP Document Accessibility

[DrV]

That the way I understand it as well.
Families are supposed to get a final copy of the complete IEP document.
Our tax dollars are being used by the districts to purchase these IEP 
programs which are used in public schools.
School districts should be required to only adopt & use IEP programs that 
can output accessible files.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H. Field" <missheather at comcast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 16:26
Subject: Re: [blindkid] IEP Document Accessibility


> Hi Wendy,
> It's likely that this programme keeps electronic copies of IEPs for
> teacher use. However, there must be some in the school who have a
> version that can produce copies.
>
> All the IEP meetings I've ever been to require that the parents are
> given a final copy of the IEP. Also, parents are required to sign the
> IEP to show agreement. I don't believe it is legal not to give paper
> copies to necessary parties. At worst, a paper copy could be scanned
> into a Word document and someone could format it for brailing. As
> blindness is a low incidence disability, it is likely that
> Accessability will be a problem for some time. So, we need to make
> schools realise that they have to find a way.
>
> Regards,
>
> Heather Field
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wendy Molle" <WMOLLE at schoharie.k12.ny.us>
> To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:49 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] IEP Document Accessibility
>
>
> Hi!  I am a school librarian.  Our IEP's are on a program called IEP
> Direct.  Supposedly it increases privacy because paper copies cannot
> be left around.  As far as I know, paper copies can't be generated by
> the program.  It is not in a .doc, .txt, or PDF format.  We have to
> log onto the website to read the IEP.  It is often very complicated
> with boxes, charts, x's to choose options, etc.  I cannot imagine it
> is very accessible with a screen reader.
> Wendy
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