“Online Classes Gone Wrong.”
Technology is such a prominent tool in today’s society. We, as tech users, are so geared to have the latest tech gadgets from “Iphones” to laptops computers. While these tech savvy users are so eager to engage in the world of social media by posting pictures of friends and family or just the happenings of day to day life, at times this type of user may forget why these tools came about and what they mean to some unique individuals who rely on them for communication equality. Take a moment and think to yourself what if technology was your only form of communication to effectively succeed in a world of silence like the Deaf Community? What if this technology was not luxury, but a necessity, in order to co-exist in the hearing world?
According to Amanda Burke, a writer from “The Daily Free Press,” stated: “Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are being subjected to legal action of two class action lawsuits from “The National Association of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired” which initially involved four hearing impaired students. They are accusing these two universities on their failure to accommodate student’s who are Deaf and hearing impaired by not having proper technology offered to them for their online programs in the form of closed captioning as an available option to view university content effectively. This is a failure in having this appropriate technology for Deaf students.” (The Daily Press, The civil rights education and Enforcement center)
Article Link: http://dailyfreepress.com/2015/02/17/harvard-mit-sued-for-not-captioning-online-content/
