People with Disabilities, Tech. & the Law with Tim Spofford

Nov. 1, 2010: Tim Spofford presents a public lecture to the university community on the functional and legal importance of ensuring that university technology such as web pages and applications can be accessed by people with disabilities.

Mr. Spofford discusses why inaccessible technology may be regarded by the federal government as an act of unlawful discrimination, and can be the basis for a student or faculty discrimination complaint to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Education.

Mr. Spofford recently retired as a senior staff attorney for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Education. His work involved a broad range of civil rights issues at all levels of education, he specialized in disability discrimination in colleges and universities. He is regarded inside and outside of OCR as an expert on legal requirements for disability access to information technology.

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