[Athen] Accessible information technology policies question

[Ron]

Anytime! My involvement aside. Temple put a lot of time and energy into
their stuff, and it shows.

Ron

On Monday, February 22, 2016, Brent Whiting <bwhiting at temple.edu> wrote:


> Ron, thanks for sending out the link to our form.

>

> We have since moved to an online Qualtrics form for these requests that

> allows us to track and report on these a bit more easily.  As a note, these

> are exceptions granted for two years, not exemptions.  We started issuing

> these in 2013, and have noticed some vendor improvements (certainly not all

> there yet…) as we have been processing exception renewals.

>

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> In addition to the form, we have a blurb as the last item on our Guide to

> Accessible Purchasing page that explains that the request may be evaluated

> by our Accessible Technology Compliance Committee and can take up to 6

> business days for a response.

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> https://accessibility.temple.edu/guide-accessible-purchasing#AER

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> Brent

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> *Brent Whiting*

> Director of Information Systems

> Academic Computing

> Temple University

> Ambler Learning Center – Rm 110

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> *On Behalf Of *Ron

> *Sent:* Friday, February 19, 2016 4:32 PM

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> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Accessible information technology policies question

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> Hi Shawn, most of my clients have established an exception process. They

> still are required to purchase the most accessible based on their

> accessibility evaluation protocols irregardless of additional cost. For the

> longest time multifunction business machines where a good example. Vendors

> claimed their devices where "ADA compliant" but the input tray was just

> barely reachable from a chair, and the scanner plate lid weighed to much.

>

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>

> Here is the link to Temple Universities'

> https://prd-challenger.erp.temple.edu/EmployeeForms/Forms/Purchasing/Accessibility%20Exceptions%20Request%20v7.3.3.docx

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> Ron Stewart

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> On Friday, February 19, 2016, Shawn Foster <fosters at sou.edu

> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fosters at sou.edu');>> wrote:

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> For those that have an accessible information technology policy on campus

> (specifically one that includes procurement) - how are acquisitions for

> which there is no accessible alternative handled?

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> For example: a program of study wants to acquire a software application

> that does X. They do a search and are unable to find an accessible

> application to do X. How does your policy handle this?

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> Feel free to respond offline, if that is more comfortable.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Shawn

>

> *Shawn Foster*

>

> Disability Resources Coordinator | U-CAM Coordinator

>

> Southern Oregon University | 1250 Siskiyou Blvd | Ashland OR  97520

> 541-552-6213

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