- From: Waddell, Cynthia <cynthia.waddell@ci.sj.ca.us>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:22:03 -0700
- To: "'David Poehlman'" <poehlman@clark.net>, WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, EASI@maelstrom.STJOHNS.EDU
Mr. Poehlman- Have you given them the information about the California requirements for Long Distance Learning? The OCR resolution is requiring accessibility and I expect this will have a growing impact nationally. The Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges is requiring compliance with the WAI Accessibility Guidelines and is quoted as follows: "It is required that all California community college instructional Web sites created or substantially modified after adoption of these guidelines [WAI Accessibility Guidelines] be Priority l compliant. It is strongly recommended that all California community college instructional Web sites created or substantially modified after adoption of these guidelines be Priority 2 compliant." This quote is found on page 16 of "Distance Education: Access Guidelines for Students with Disabilities August 1999" found at http://www.HTCTU.FHDA.EDU/dlguidelines/final%20dl%20guidelines.htm Cynthia D. Waddell --------------------------------------------------- Cynthia D. Waddell ADA Coordinator City Manager Department City of San Jose, CA USA 801 North First Street, Room 460 San Jose, CA 95110-1704 (408)277-4034 (408)971-0134 TTY (408)277-3885 FAX http://www.rit.edu/~easi/webcast/cynthia.htm http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/access/waddell.htm --------------------------------------------------- Cynthia D. Waddell ADA Coordinator City Manager Department City of San Jose, CA USA 801 North First Street, Room 460 San Jose, CA 95110-1704 (408)277-4034 (408)971-0134 TTY (408)277-3885 FAX http://www.rit.edu/~easi/webcast/cynthia.htm http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/access/waddell.htm -----Original Message----- From: David Poehlman [mailto:poehlman@clark.net] Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 6:55 AM To: WAI Interest Group; EASI@maelstrom.STJOHNS.EDU Subject: please help correct a problem? I've run into a problem with a piece of distance learning software that seems to be poorly written and only allows netscape and is poor at that. In adition to that, it is fed by rtf and pdf the latter I think is mostly handwritten and the powers are not heeding our requests for correction. The software could be fixed but the problem is not considered to be real I guess because we aren't doctors or lawyers. One of us is a student, then there is me and one other who have a fairly good back ground in access technology issues. The powers are the university and the rehab system. Mr. Cooms or Judi, If you are seeing this, could you help us figure out how to convince them that there is a correctible problem? we have documented the issues and presented them and have gotten not just no response, but flat out chewed out. Thanks! -- Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet: mailto:poehlman@clark.net Voice: 301.949.7599 ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://poehlman.clark.net Dynamic Solutions Inc. Best of service for your small business network needs! http://www.dnsolutions.com ---sig off---
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