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- From: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
- Subject: ADA-Law, accessibility & accommodation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.160639.23929@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
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- Sender: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
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- Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 16:06:39 GMT
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- Reposted From BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU Fri Jan 1 16:27:55 1993
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 14:24:45 MST
- From: dsfs_jpm@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
- Subject: Re: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
-
- Jude,
-
- Yep, you are quite correct. The Americans with
- Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II's program access and
- Title III's readily achievable do demand accessible
- products. In other words, if a covered entity is going
- to be ADA compliant, it must have accessible products
- for usage by the entity's employee's, consumers, and
- members of the public who have disabilities. This
- drives home the point you made earlier regarding those
- who are covered by ADA placing economic or market
- influence and pressure on non-covered entities. For
- example, it would be illegal for my school, the
- University of Montana, to purchase a computer system
- which would be impossible to make accessible, even when
- there are vendors out there who sell inaccessible
- systems. If every ADA covered entity made itself
- accessible, the guys who are selling inaccessible
- products would soon go out of business. Makes sense to
- me.
-
- Jim Marks, DSS Director, University of Montana
- (406) 243-2243 (Voice/Text)
- InterNet DSFS_JPM@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
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-
-
- --
- Patricia Ann Bromberger patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
- or patth@ccnysci.BITNET
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