[Athen] Opinion column about TEACH Act and Accessibility

[Thompson, Rachel]

This is disheartening. How can we change it?

Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology
Center for Instructional Technology
University of Alabama

On Sep 6, 2014, at 8:23 AM, "Adam Lipkin" <alipkin at brandeis.edu<mailto:alipkin at brandeis.edu>> wrote:

Reading the link in the article, it's not just ACE -- it's about a dozen organizations that collectively represent just about every major and minor US college and university. It also, I'm amazed to see, included Educause. Really depressing.

--Adam


On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Kathleen Cahill <kcahill at mit.edu<mailto:kcahill at mit.edu>> wrote:
Colleagues,

Saw this article in the Boston Globe by the President of NFB of Massachusetts.  He writes about the fact that ACE (American Council on Education) has been lobbying Congress not to pass the TEACH Act because of the burden that regulations around Accessible Instructional Materials would put on universities!

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/05/education-technology-college-lobbyists-are-keeping-disabled-students-behind/jQ8UFe44BeFBumbTTqBzFL/story.html?s_campaign=8315

Kathy

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