[Nfbf-l] Blind Student Files Discrimination Suit Against MiamiUniversity
Lenora J. Marten
bluegolfshoes at aol.com
Tue Jan 14 15:39:36 UTC 2014
Good morning Peter,
The copy/paste from our national website was proofread
before sending. However, sometimes things get screwed
up in translation when sending an e-mail. Which is why
I included the link directly to the article on our NFB
National website. Try clicking on that.
Have a nice day!
Lenora J. Marten, President
Florida Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Secretary, NFB-FL
Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind
bluegolfshoes at aol.com
904-229-9554
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 10:09 am
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Blind Student Files Discrimination Suit Against MiamiUniversity
Good morning everyone,
It would help if folks proofread their messages before posting them.
They're a lot more understandable when words are not run together. Thank
you.
Peter Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lenora J. Marten" <bluegolfshoes at aol.com>
To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:57 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Blind Student Files Discrimination Suit Against
MiamiUniversity
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm sure we'll be talking about this at convention, but for those of you
> who
> are not attending or want to read about it now, the article is below and
> can
> be found at
> https://nfb.org/blind-student-files-discrimination-suit-against-miami-university
>
> Lenora
>
>
>
> BlindStudent Files Discrimination Suit Against Miami University
> Oxford, Ohio (January 13, 2014): With the assistance of theNational
> Federation of the Blind, Aleeha Dudley, a blind student pursuing adegree
> in zoology with hopes of attending veterinary school, has filed suit(case
> number: 1:14-CV-00038) in the United States District Court for theSouthern
> District of Ohio against Miami University for discriminating againsther on
> the basis of her disability. The complaint alleges that MiamiUniversity
> violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) andSection
> 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by deliberately failing to
> makenecessary modifications for Ms. Dudley so that she could complete
> hercoursework. Among other things, the university failed to
> providetextbooks and course materials in accessible formats, including
> Braille; failedto provide proper tactile graphics to represent visual
> components of coursematerials; purchased and deployed inaccessible course
> management and assignmentsoftware; and more. If these modifications had
> been made, Ms. Dudleywould have been able to use text-to-speech software
> and a refreshable Brailledisplay to obtain the information she needed to
> succeed in her courses. Instead, the complaint alleges, her grades have
> suffered and she is behind inher degree requirements, not because of any
> deficiency in her own capabilities,desire to learn, or work habits, but
> because of Miami University’s failure tomake modifications that it
> promised to make and that are required by federallaw.
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of theBlind, said:
> “Ms. Dudley is only one of many blind students who experiencefrustrating
> and unnecessary barriers to a full and equal education in ournation’s
> institutions of higher education. Technology, if properlydesigned and
> implemented, can make it possible for students like Ms. Dudley
> toexperience an equal education to an extent unheard of in the past, but
> MiamiUniversity has ignored its legal and moral obligations and failed to
> procureaccessible technology and take other steps necessary to give Ms.
> Dudley thefull benefit of her educational experience. The National
> Federation ofthe Blind cannot and will not tolerate such discrimination
> against Ms. Dudleyand the rest of America’s blind students. We will
> pursue this case andothers with vigor, continue to inform colleges and
> universities of theirobligations, and insist that they meet those
> obligations.”
> Ms. Dudley said: “My dream of becoming a veterinarian has turnedin to a
> nightmare. I am so far behind in my coursework, and my gradeshave
> suffered so much, that I will not be able to pursue a veterinary degreeand
> enter the job market on time, if at all. I am pursuing this case notonly
> for myself, but so that other blind students who matriculate at
> MiamiUniversity will not experience the same frustration, exhaustion, and
> sadnessthat I feel today.”
> Ms. Dudley is represented with the support of the NationalFederation of
> the Blind by Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum and Daniel F. Goldstein ofthe
> Baltimore firm Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, and Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt
> ofDisability Rights Ohio.
>
>
>
>
>
> Lenora J. Marten, President
> Florida Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> Secretary, NFB-FL
> Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind
> bluegolfshoes at aol.com
> 904-229-9554
>
>
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