Ed Tech Accessibility

Disability rights advocates and book publishers are pushing for federal regulations to ensure higher education technology is accessible to tens of thousands of students with visual impairments.

A federal study in 2011 found college students with a range of disabilities face "unintended and nearly impenetrable barriers" thrown up by some new technology products. Now, the National Federation of the Blind is floating a draft bill designed to ensure students with disabilities are not left behind on college campuses by a wave of new technologies. The proposal has the support of other disability rights groups and the Association of American Publishers.

By
Ry Rivard

Full Story: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/14/disability-rights-advocates-and-publishers-push-national-standards-ed-tech-materials