University of Illinois Chicago Digital Accessibility Structured Negotiation
Posted on December 28, 2021
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This is an article about a legal settlement. The settlement improves digital access for blind students and employees at the University of Illinois Chicago. The University worked with a blind employee and the Equip for Equality non-profit law office. There was no lawsuit. Instead, the parties worked in Structured Negotiation. It is a method that brings people together to solve problems without conflict and run-away expenses. The university improved its websites and mobile apps to make them easier for blind people to use. It also hired someone to oversee accessibility. It also changed its policies. In this article you can read about these changes. You can also find links to the press release about the settlement and to the agreement.
On November 9, 2021 the Illinois disability rights legal organization Equip for Equality (EFE) and the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) announced an agreement to improve digital accessibility for blind employees and students of the university. The agreement was reached using the collaborative dispute resolution process of Structured Negotiation.
No lawsuit was needed or filed.
The settlement agreement addresses accessibility governance, standards, policies and practices. As provided [...]