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Harvard and MIT sued for failing to caption online educational programs
Author(s) -
Charmatz Marc
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30073
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , bar (unit) , action (physics) , library science , political science , engineering , computer science , artificial intelligence , geography , physics , quantum mechanics , meteorology
“Just as buildings without ramps bar people who use wheelchairs, online content without captions excludes individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.” That's the conclusion of class action complaints filed against Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute for Technology for failing to caption their online educational programs.