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Index Number: 26950

[Forwarded from the ADA-Law mailing list]

Jude,

Yep, you are quite correct.  The Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II's program access and
Title III's readily achievable do demand accessible
products.  In other words, if a covered entity is going
to be ADA compliant, it must have accessible products
for usage by the entity's employee's, consumers, and
members of the public who have disabilities.  This
drives home the point you made earlier regarding those
who are covered by ADA placing economic or market
influence and pressure on non-covered entities.  For
example, it would be illegal for my school, the
University of Montana, to purchase a computer system
which would be impossible to make accessible, even when
there are vendors out there who sell inaccessible
systems.  If every ADA covered entity made itself
accessible, the guys who are selling inaccessible
products would soon go out of business.  Makes sense to
me.

Jim Marks, DSS Director, University of Montana
(406) 243-2243 (Voice/Text)
InterNet DSFS_JPM@LEWIS.UMT.EDU