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U.S. Department of Justice sides with disabled against MIT, Harvard University

U.S. Department of Justice sides with disabled against MIT, Harvard University

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CAMBRIDGE – Higher education could soon get a schooling on disability rights from a Massachusetts federal court, which is set to determine whether to allow a lawsuit demanding closed captioning on all Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology online and educational content to proceed. Last week, attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 28-page statement of interest disputing MIT's claim that the Americans with Disabilities Act does not apply to captioning online

CAMBRIDGE – Higher education could soon get a schooling on disability rights from a Massachusetts federal court, which is set to determine whether to allow a lawsuit demanding closed captioning on all Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology online and educational content to proceed. Last week, attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 28-page statement of interest disputing MIT's claim that the Americans with Disabilities Act does not apply to captioning online…