[Athen] Opinion column about TEACH Act and Accessibility

[Ron]

If history is any indicator it is very likely they did not.

Ron Stewart

On Saturday, September 6, 2014, Kathleen Cahill <kcahill at mit.edu> wrote:


> 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

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

> 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 <javascript:;><mailto:alipkin at brandeis.edu

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

> 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

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> >

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