<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi, Glenda!</div><div><br></div><div>I am not a lawyer ... nor do I play one on TV ;-) ... but hopefully this info can help narrow your search for applicable cases.</div><div><br></div><div>I think the laws that apply in this situation are Section 504 of the Rehab Act and Title II of the ADA, which (generally speaking) provide students with the rights to equal programmatic access at institutions receiving federal financial assistance. In particular, you might want to look at the 2000 case involving North Carolina State, where the complainant alleged that AT was not maintained, out-of-date, or otherwise non-functional:</div><div><a href="http://www.icdri.org/legal/north_carolina_state_university_letter.htm">http://www.icdri.org/legal/north_carolina_state_university_letter.htm</a></div><div>Another possibility: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where the complainant alleged obsolete AT and a lack of support for adapted computers (some info follows, along with other noteworthy cases):</div><div><a href="http://disabilityservices.siuc.edu/Grant/Legislation.htm">http://disabilityservices.siuc.edu/Grant/Legislation.htm</a></div><div>Both cases pointed to the need for maintaining assistive technology once it's purchased, and that AT should be part of an institution-wide plan.</div><div><br></div><div>Lastly, check out this article on the ATHEN-Pro site:</div><div><a href="http://www.athenpro.org/node/54">http://www.athenpro.org/node/54</a></div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps, or at leads heads you in the right direction.</div><div><br></div><div>- Shelley</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>_____________________________</div><div>Shelley Haven ATP, RET</div><div>Assistive Technology Consultant</div><div>408-737-2092</div><div><a href="http://www.TechPotential.net">www.TechPotential.net</a></div><div><br></div></span></span></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Jul 21, 2009, at 6:48 AM, Hong, Glenda wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We have been trying to get our Dragon/MathTalk/Scientific Notebook set up for quite a while now and nothing we have tried seems to work. Our Office of Technology Services seems to think they have it fixed ( and close the work request) and we are left with no functionality for students. Can anyone send me links to ADA Law and to any recent use of the law against a Community College or University that would help me up the interest of administration to get the problems addressed? I have fifteen computers in my lab that need serious attention as on a daily basis at least three will blue screen and dump all physical memory. Iit is never the same three at a time. The high speed scanner and PC it is attached to are non-functional and my office machine on which I work to create alt. format is also blue screening on a daily basis. I have been trying to get across to our OTS and my supervisor that the Assistive Technology Lab needs some serious work before the fall semester begins, but I don’t seem to be getting anywhere. I have a student currently in a math class that needs to be able to use the Dragon setup to do his assignments. Any help or advice would be a tremendous help. gh<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span><image003.jpg></span> 1999 ATACP Houston, TX<o:p></o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Athen mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Athen@athenpro.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Athen@athenpro.org</a><br><a href="http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>