[nfbmi-talk] Fw: web access difficult for people with disabilities in Michigan

[joe harcz Comcast]

All the powers that be know of web access and document access issues here in Michigan...Here's one example and this was to Elmer Cerano, Michigan Protection and Advocy Services, Pat Cannon while State ADA Coordinator and Liz Bauer when she had been defeated for Michigan Department of Ed....

Sent to me by Duncan Wyeth just before he took early retirement from the Michigan Disability Concerns and while he was still DELEG ADA coordinator...

And these issues don't ggo to just DHS...

By the way the report referenced was in pdf and it was an accessible pdf doc.

So I don't just have issues with pdf although the Department of Justice does advise public entities to have duplicate html docs for those who don't have the savvy and tech to handle pdf docs...And they do just that with the documents on their ADA.gov web site....

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Wyeth, Duncan (DELEG) 
To: joe harcz Comcast 
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 1:57 PM
Subject: FW: web access difficult for people with disabilities in Michigan


 

 

Duncan O. Wyeth

Executive Director

Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth

Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns

Victor Center

201 N. Washington Square,  Suite 150

Lansing, Michigan  48913

TEL:  517  335-0103

 


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From: Elizabeth W. Bauer [mailto:ebauer7400 at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:19 AM
To: ECERANO at mpas.org; Cannon, Patrick (DELEG); Collins, Vendella; Wyeth, Duncan (DELEG)
Cc: MCODY at mpas.org
Subject: Re: web access difficult for people with disabilities in Michigan

 

Thank you all. I find the entire state website difficult to navigate myself. When I saw this report, I thought perhaps a win for PWD would benefit us all.  Most of  the ADA accommodations do. 

 

Liz

Elizabeth W. Bauer, Member 
Michigan State Board of Education 
1355 Lake Park Drive 
Birmingham, MI 48009-1089 
248 540 4656 
www.michigan.gov/sbe 

"The secret of education is respecting the pupil." 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

-----Original Message-----
From: ELMER CERANO <ECERANO at mpas.org>
To: Elizabeth Bauer <ebauer7400 at aol.com>; cannonp at michigan.gov; collinsve at michigan.gov; wyethd2 at michigan.gov
Cc: MARK CODY <MCODY at mpas.org>
Sent: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 10:18 am
Subject: Re: web access difficult for people with disabilities in Michigan

we have been meeting with UCP/Michigan, Mich Disability Rights Network and Jackie Doig re: DHS ADA compliance. Their I.T. access is also a focus. Norm's group will look closer at the ADA compliance of the local DHS offices's IT access. >>> "Elizabeth W. Bauer" <ebauer7400 at aol.com> 9/6/2010 7:09 AM >>>  Hi Pat, Duncan, Vendella, Elmer, Are any of the advocacy groups raising this issue with state officials? It seems something that would benefit from a coordinated call for justice. What are the incoming officials thinking about it, planning to do?  Liz  From AAPD (9.1.10)Report Finds Five State Benefits' Websites Inaccessible to People with Disabilitiesby Jenifer Simpson, AAPD Senior Director of Government Affairs A June 22, 2010 report finds that state public benefits agencies are relying more on their websites as a means of providing information to the public, and as a means for applicants to secure Medicaid, food stamps, and cash assistance. However, the report, by the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ)  at http://www.nclej.org/ , shows that at least five states * California, Florida, Michigan, New York and Texas * have agency websites with problems that make them inaccessible to people with disabilities who are users of assistive technology, and many websites are difficult for anyone to navigate. ...        Elizabeth W. Bauer, Member Michigan State Board of Education 1355 Lake Park Drive Birmingham, MI 48009-1089 248 540 4656 www.michigan.gov/sbe  "The secret of education is respecting the pupil." Ralph Waldo Emerson