{"id":10,"date":"2017-06-07T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2019-01-14T15:53:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:53:43","slug":"legal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/about\/legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civil Rights Laws exist to protect people with disabilities from discrimination. For higher education, this means creating content that does not discriminate against people with special learning needs or work styles. The Office for Civil Rights investigates complaints to ensure colleges and universities adhere to these laws. It is best to be proactive about accessibility in your online classroom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two most relevant civil rights laws for higher education include:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rehabilitation Act, Sections 504 and 508<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1973, The Rehabilitation Act included no specific language about online learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Section 508 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.section508.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.section508.gov\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 508 establishes more specific guidelines for technology accessibility, requiring that \u201cany Electronic and Information Technology (E&amp;IT) developed, procured, maintained or used by Federal departments and agencies must allow Federal employees and members of the public with disabilities access to and use of information and data.\u201d This means that technology, like that used for online writing instruction, must be available equally to all students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 504 exists in broader terms to say, \u201cNo qualified individual with a disability in the United States shall be excluded from, denied benefit of, or be subjected to discrimination\u201d under programs or activities receiving federal assistance. In other words, education programs must be made accessible to students with disabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>ADA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ada.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.ada.gov\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in areas such as employment, higher education, and public accommodations. Title II requires that state and local governments make reasonable modifications, so that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to benefit from public services, programs, and activities, including public education.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil Rights Laws exist to protect people with disabilities from discrimination. For higher education, this means creating content that does not discriminate against people with&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/about\/legal\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Legal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/447"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}