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I’m Curren Iyer, a sophomore at Harvard College, and I am part of team AccessED! Our team name stems from the goal of our project, which is to find a way to make ed<\/em>ucation more access<\/em>ible to individuals with disabilities. \u00a0I can probably speak for my fellow teammates, as well as the other DPSI project groups, in saying that we are all very excited to participate in DPSI.<\/p>\n Our team members:<\/p>\n Michelle Sohn (Harvard Law School)<\/p>\n Yifan Wu (Harvard College)<\/p>\n Curren Iyer (Harvard College)<\/p>\n Jacqueline Martinez (Harvard College)<\/p>\n What we’ve worked on<\/strong><\/p>\n So far, since the project is still in its early stages, much of the work that we are doing involves research into relevant past examples.<\/p>\n We’ve split the research into 3 categories:<\/p>\n What went well<\/strong><\/p>\n So far I think one of the strengths of our team has been organization, in that the work has been divided among us relatively evenly such that it is manageable for all of us to tackle.<\/p>\n What was challenging<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the biggest challenges that we have faced is that there are no overarching consistent standards for this issue, but instead a large degree of variance on a case-by-case basis. \u00a0For example, I have found that, because the ADA does not mandate a specific minimum standard for what accommodations should be made for disabled individuals, that responsibility is left to universities to handle. \u00a0As a result, these universities have handled the issue in varying degrees. \u00a0As for the legal ramifications, while there was one case that mandated Netflix to caption all its videos under the ADA, a court in California dismissed charges against Redbox Automated Retail for almost the same exact charges.<\/p>\n What’s up next<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking in the short-term, we hope to visit Harvard’s own Accessible Education Office. \u00a0This visit will potentially give us more insight to see how educational accessibility is used in practice. \u00a0Looking in the long-term, one of our goals is to see what we want to create as our end result, whether that be a program that could facilitate solving the problem or a report advising what steps should be taken in the future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stay tuned for the next installment!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Curren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi there! I’m Curren Iyer, a sophomore at Harvard College, and I am part of team AccessED! Our team name stems from the goal of our project, which is to find a way to make education more accessible to individuals with disabilities. \u00a0I can probably speak for my fellow teammates, as well as the other … Continue reading Introducing AccessED!<\/span> \n