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From: chagnon
Date: Wed, Dec 06 2023 12:03PM
Subject: Article: America Promises Equality for Disabled Students. It's Failing.
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Mother Jones magazine just published an in-depth investigative report,
"America Promises Equality for Disabled Students. It's Failing."

6 modules showcase problems and some successes from around the country.

Online version is at
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/america-promises-equality-for-d
isabled-students-its-failing/

Don't want to stir up a political debate, just want to inform colleagues of
what the magazine documented. So let's not squabble about the use of the
term "disabled students" or how accessible the website is.



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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Thu, Dec 07 2023 11:42AM
Subject: Re: Article: America Promises Equality for Disabled Students. It's Failing.
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by any chance do you have this in a more accessible format i could not get
any text past the intro

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On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 11:04 AM < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Mother Jones magazine just published an in-depth investigative report,
> "America Promises Equality for Disabled Students. It's Failing."
>
> 6 modules showcase problems and some successes from around the country.
>
> Online version is at
>
> https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/america-promises-equality-for-d
> isabled-students-its-failing/
> <https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/america-promises-equality-for-disabled-students-its-failing/>
>
> Don't want to stir up a political debate, just want to inform colleagues of
> what the magazine documented. So let's not squabble about the use of the
> term "disabled students" or how accessible the website is.
>
>
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> Bevi Chagnon | Designer, Accessibility Technician | = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
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> PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing
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> classes
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> Latest blog-newsletter
> <https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574> - Simple Guide
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> <https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml>
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From: David Farough
Date: Thu, Dec 07 2023 12:14PM
Subject: Re: Article: America Promises Equality for Disabled Students. It's Failing.
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Hi Lucy;
I found that reading the content by paragraph (P) using Jaws was the best strategy.
After the Intro they show a list of unrelated articles that can be avoided.
When you get to the next paragraph of the article you can continue reading in this way.
There are also links provided to the next related article that are all worth a read.
This is possible, but is a PIA.

From: chagnon
Date: Thu, Dec 07 2023 12:40PM
Subject: Re: Article: America Promises Equality for Disabled Students. It's Failing.
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I sent Lucy Greco an accessible version of the multi-part articles.

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by any chance do you have this in a more accessible format i could not get any text past the intro

<https://technology.berkeley.edu/home> Berkeley IT

Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist

Campus IT Experience
Phone: (510) 289-6008 | Email: <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = |

We champion diversity. We act with integrity. We deliver. We innovate.







On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 11:04 AM < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > > wrote:

Mother Jones magazine just published an in-depth investigative report,
"America Promises Equality for Disabled Students. It's Failing."

6 modules showcase problems and some successes from around the country.

Online version is at
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/america-promises-equality-for-d <https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/america-promises-equality-for-disabled-students-its-failing/>
isabled-students-its-failing/

Don't want to stir up a political debate, just want to inform colleagues of
what the magazine documented. So let's not squabble about the use of the
term "disabled students" or how accessible the website is.



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Bevi Chagnon | Designer, Accessibility Technician | = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
<mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > >

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Latest blog-newsletter
<https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574> - Simple Guide to
Writing Alt-Text
<https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml>