[Athen] Fwd: Accessible information technology policies question
Shawn Foster
fosters at sou.edu
Tue Feb 23 08:57:05 PST 2016
I want to thank the many respondents - both on and off list - for your
thoughtful replies, and for all the links to sample policies. Your help is
very, very much appreciated.
Best,
Shawn
*Shawn Foster*
Disability Resources Coordinator | U-CAM Coordinator
Southern Oregon University | 1250 Siskiyou Blvd | Ashland OR 97520
541-552-6213
Why I'm at SOU: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM
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From: Ron <ronrstewart at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible information technology policies question
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> https://accessibility.temple.edu/guide-accessible-purchasing#AER
>
>
>
> Brent
>
> -------------------
> *Brent Whiting*
> Director of Information Systems
> Academic Computing
> Temple University
> Ambler Learning Center – Rm 110
>
> bwhiting at temple.edu
> voice (267) 468-8380
>
>
>
> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Ron
> *Sent:* Friday, February 19, 2016 4:32 PM
> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <
> athen-list at u.washington.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Accessible information technology policies question
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Here is the link to Temple Universities'
> https://prd-challenger.erp.temple.edu/EmployeeForms/Forms/Purchasing/Accessibility%20Exceptions%20Request%20v7.3.3.docx
>
>
>
> Ron Stewart
>
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, February 19, 2016, Shawn Foster <fosters at sou.edu> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> 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
>
> [image: Image removed by sender.]
>
> Why I'm at SOU: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM
>
>
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