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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
It seems to me that if the blind student(s) receive their course materials in a manner they can use (braille, audio) in a timely fashion, they will not be at a disadvantage.
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If the school is being given a new technology for students, and that technology is not available for blind students, they are at a disadvantage.
The law allows businesses to not market to the blind; it doesn't allow for schools that receive federal funding to discriminate against blind students by making some course materials (ebook readers, here) only available or useful to sighted students.
I'm not sure a lawsuit is the answer, either. But I know that without lawsuits, an awful lot of institutions are willing to say "eh, it's just too much trouble to make things accessible to people with disabilities."