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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:.5pt">FYI UC Berkeley has implemented institutional accessible purchasing guidelines. If you’re attending this year’s CSUN conference, I believe
Lucia Greco will be presenting on the subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:.5pt">http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2016/sessions/index.php/public/presentations/view/226<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:.5pt">The NCDAE has an excellent resource for this topic:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:.5pt"><a href="http://ncdae.org/resources/articles/procurement.php">http://ncdae.org/resources/articles/procurement.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:.5pt">Hope that helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brusnighan, Dean A.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 11, 2016 7:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ATHEN mailing list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] benefits of accessible purchasing language<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An upper level administrator has posed this question to me.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For those universities who have included accessible purchasing language in contracts and RFPs, what benefit(s) did they see?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I believe the administrator is looking for a measurable benefit as opposed to “it’s the right thing to do”. Do you have suggestions for how I might respond? Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dean Brusnighan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Purdue University, Young Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">155 S. Grant Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phone: 765-494-9082<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu">dabrus@purdue.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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