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Originally Posted by Dulin's Books
its a bit ridiculous i think. they already have alternatives for the blind students.
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Not for the universities that are instituting trial runs of ebook readers loaded with textbooks as the only option for their classes. Schools are experimenting with only providing ebook texts, and/or requiring ebook readers, and they can't do that without ADA compliance.
Physical textbooks aren't ADA compliant--but students who can't read them, have other options. Students who can't navigate a Kindle (who aren't limited to the blind, although that's probably the largest group) don't currently have other options, for those schools that are trying to switch to ebook-only textbooks.
Chalkboards, as mentioned, are not ADA compliant. And because of that, professors are required to provide information in more accessible ways, for those students who can't get it from a chalkboard.
The issue isn't "every device used in school must be ADA compliant." It's "every device *mandatory* for school must be ADA compliant." And potentially, "every device that receives federal funding must be ADA compliant."