[Athen] For your information

[Laurie Vasquez]

The Justice Department announced that it has filed Statements of Interest
in two private cases pending in the United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts,National Association of the Deaf, et al., v.
Harvard University, et al
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*., *and National Association of the Deaf, et al., v. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
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*. *In these cases, plaintiffs allege that Harvard and MIT violated the ADA
and Section 504 by denying equal access to free online courses and lectures
to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.  Specifically, plaintiffs
allege that Harvard and MIT fail to provide appropriate auxiliary aids,
benefits and services, including captioning. The U. S. Department of
Education, which enforces Section 504 against post-secondary institutions
such as Harvard and MIT, is a signatory to the Statements of Interest.
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