[Athen] Opinion column about TEACH Act and Accessibility

[Kathleen Cahill]

Is there anyone on the ATHEN list who is also involved in the EDUCAUSE IT
Accessibility group?  Just wondering if EDUCAUSE (or any of these
organizations) sought out expert accessibility advice before formulating
their opposition to the TEACH Act.  It¹s starting to sound more and more
like the concerns of these umbrella organizations are about avoiding more
regulation by the government.

Kathy
 
Kathleen Cahill
MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC)
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kcahill at mit.edu





On 9/6/14, 11:26 AM, "Thompson, Rachel" <rsthompson2 at ua.edu> wrote:


>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/sto

>ry.html?s_campaign=8315

>

>Kathy

>

>Kathleen Cahill

>MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC)

>77 Mass. Ave. 7-143

>Cambridge MA 02139

>(617) 253-5111<tel:%28617%29%20253-5111>

>kcahill at mit.edu<mailto:kcahill at mit.edu>

>

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