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- From: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
- Subject: ADA Requirements, etc.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.183758.25113@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
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- Sender: BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU
- Reply-To: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
- Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:37:58 GMT
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- Reposted From BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU Thu Dec 31 16:21:16 1992
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:18:41 MST
- Reply-To: Computer Use by and for the Blind <BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
- From: dsfs_jpm@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
- Subject: Re: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
-
- You may be right in saying school programs have
- products, but your point isn't covered by the
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Schools
- --- actually public schools --- are covered by
- the ADA's Title II, Part A. The general
- requirement here is for program access. This
- term simply means that, when the program is
- viewed in its entirety, the program must be
- readily accessible to and usable by people with
- disabilities. It is my belief that there is no
- requirement for product accessibility under the
- ADA. And I heartily agree with your assertion
- that ADA is incomplete and in need of being
- fixed.
-
- By the way, the ADA requirement for private
- schools would be Title III's readily achievable
- barrier removal. This means that if the
- accommodation is cheap and easy to provide,
- then the private school must get rid of the
- barrier. In some ways, this can be considered
- somewhat stronger than program access because
- all facilities would have to be accessible in
- part. Program access allows some parts of the
- public school to be inaccessible. However,
- program access must be there in the public
- school even when the barriers are not cheap and
- easy to remove.
-
-
- Jim Marks, DSS Director, University of Montana
- (406) 243-2243 (Voice/TDD)
- InterNet DSFS_JPM@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
-
- --
- Patricia Ann Bromberger patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
- or patth@ccnysci.BITNET
- "There's no place like home!" -- Dorothy, "The Wizard of Oz"
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