A copy of the Department of Education's software accessibility
requirements is available on my home page as
http://www.empowermentzone.com/ed508.txt

Regards,
Jamal

On 1998-03-02 [log in to unmask] said:
   >Where can I find a copy of the accessibility guidelines of the
   >Department of Education?  Are they posted somewhere on the net?
   >Thank you. marjorie fulton
   >>Dan you raise some compelling questions that I have been thinking
   >>about as well.  One of these is the expectations we place on our
   >>national leaders and national organizations.  we don't have to
   >>wait around for these guys to do something.  As blind people, many
   >>of us organized in local computer user groups, we can work
   >>cooperatively to pass legislation on the local level that would
   >>require state governments or local government to purchase software
   >>that was accessible to people with disabilities.  This is also an
   >>election year.  We can ask those running for city, county or state
   >>office if they would support implementing the accessibility
   >>guidelines that the U.S. Department of Education uses to evaluate
   >>software before it is purchased.  We have the skills and the
   >potential ourselves and among our local circles to make a
   >>difference. > We often underestimate our skills and believe those
   >>of others are superior.  An example of this is one of the
   >>questioners to bill Gates listed in the transcript and who works
   >>here in Chicago.  He has given many talks and has written many
   >>letters on the accessibility of windows while not actually using
   >>the interface, even though such access was possible to some degree.
   >>I think sometimes we give more credit to our national leaders than
   >we actually should. >
   >>We all could go t our local newspaper and pitch a windows access
   >>story to them, for example.  We do not need to wait for the "big
   >>guys" in baltimore, Washington, or New york to do our activism,
   >>speak on our behalf, or be our political surrogates.
   >>kelly
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