Contradictory of Complimentary? Copyright Law & the Americans with Disabilities Act

摘要

In recent years numerous colleges and universities have been investigated by the United States (U.S.) Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding their compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These investigations are often initiated on behalf of students with disabilities who express concern about being unable to access and engage with learning materials and resources made available by these institutions in the same way those without disabilities can. ADA violations identified through these investigations include "websites, digital coursework, learning management systems, multimedia, and library resources" being "partially or completely inaccessible to students with visual, hearing, cognitive, learning, or physical disabilities."