Presentation given at the 2013 CSUN Technology and Disability Conference about Structured Negotiations. Structured Negotiations is an alternative to litigation that has resulted in increased accessibility to people with disabilities, particularly on issues of accessible technology and information.
Csun2012: Role of the Law in the Quest for an Inclusive Web
CSUN 2013 Structured Negotiations (Lainey Feingold + Linda Dardarian)
1. Structured Negotiations: A Winning
Strategy for Technology and
Information Access
Lainey Feingold http://LFLegal.com @LFLegal
Linda Dardarian http://gbdhlegal.com
2. Presentation Overview
What are Structured Negotiations?
How have Structured Negotiations
increased accessibility?
Nuts, Bolts.. and making it work
Getting involved!
3. What are Structured Negotiations?
An alternate to litigation for resolving access
claims
A solution-driven cooperative advocacy
approach
4. Structured Negotiations: 18 Years
and 44 Agreements
Thousands of:
Talking ATMs
Accessible web pages
Tactile keypads
Audio Pedestrian
Signals (APS)
5. Structured Negotiations: Even More
Thousands of
Braille and Large
Print pages
Audio CDs
Employees trained
Hundreds of
Talking pill bottles
Audio description
headsets
6. Structured Negotiations: Who Said Yes
Bank of America Wells Fargo
CVS Citibank
Walmart Target
American Cancer
Rite Aid
Society
American Express
Credit Reporting
Companies And more.. Visit
Charles Schwab http:lflegal/com/neg
7-Eleven otiations for list
7. International Ripples of
Structured Negotiations
Global corporations
Global
manufacturers
International
advocacy
8. Structured Negotiations: Key
Components to Start the Process
Grassroots Advocacy
Background Research
Opening Letter
Structured Negotiations
Agreement
9. Structured Negotiations: Key
Components During the Process
Information Sharing
Solution discussion /
testing
Experts and
Consultants
The path sign on this slide, indicating only “path” in three different directions, symbolizes that Structured Negotiations is an alternative path to resolve disability access claims.
Woman using Barclays talking ATM machine as a result of RNIB Money Talks Campaign. In a global economy, advocacy must be global too.
The image on this slide of a young boy (around 7 years old) pushing a hug baseball many times larger than him is meant to symbolize the need to continue maintenance (keep the ball rolling) after an agreement is signed, and after accessibility is put in place.
The stone lion at the 42d Street Library in New York City is named Patience, an important quality for a negotiator!
The image on this slide is of blind surfer Derek Rabelo paddling on a surfobard with only the ocean and sky in front of him. Derek is a perfect symbol for active patience, an important aspect for a successful Structured Negotiations.