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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The RFP language is an important first step for institutions in taking responsibility for accessibility of the resources they purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">From my experience the practical aspects of RFPs that include accessibility language have had little impact on the accessibility of purchased products:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Vendors
responding to the RFP are equally inaccessible, so accessibility does not become a purchasing factor (most common)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">People
making purchasing decisions have little knowledge of accessibility and therefore accept vendor claims without and validation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Nobody
in the purchasing process has responsibility for verifying conformance with the accessibility requirements in the RFP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Testing
for accessibility only happens after the purchase is finalized or are identified when an employee or student encounters a problem. Very little interest on changing vendors at that point and vendors usually has little interest in accessibility modifications
since they already have the money. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Sales
people have little knowledge of accessibility of their products and will make accessibility statements that might later provide to be false<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; ">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3">Most companies software
and web developers have little knowledge of accessibility and therefore usually ignore the issue during development, without feedback on accessibility and </font><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">prioritization</span></font><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"> of
accessibility issues many vendors will not get accessibility right.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3">While RFP language this is an important, more important is human resources trained in accessibility evaluation and design to be part of the purchasing
process and to work with companies on </font><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">implementing </span></font><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3">accessibility improvements, ideally in collaboration
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">We need more people who can work with vendors to help them understand accessibility and do evaluations of products to validate accessibility claims of vendors.</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Sheryl Burgstahler <<a href="mailto:sherylb@uw.edu">sherylb@uw.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Access Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:10 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Access Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Athen] RE: institutional policy for purchasing technology
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A huge challenge in all of this is to get accessibility included in the purchasing process, when in many categories there is NO product that is reasonably accessible. Anyone have some wording to get around that issue?
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<div>On Apr 25, 2013, at 12:25 PM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) wrote:</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Please reply to the list – we’re in the process of working on this type of information as well and any information / resources would be appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dawn Hunziker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="mailto:hunziker@email.arizona.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">hunziker@email.arizona.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:19 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Athen] institutional policy for purchasing technology<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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With there always being the “next big thing” in educational technology and learning platforms; I know I am not the only one struggling to make sure the products being purchased are accessible. Does anyone have a solid institutional policy or procedure for the
purchasing of technology that they would be willing to share?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you so much<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Megan Shadrick M.A., M.S., COMS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Disability Resource Center-Access Technology Center<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Missouri State University<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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