General TTUHSC Policy Information
Accessibility Policy
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) provides that all educational and other programs and activities are available to persons with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate. Students, employees, applicants and other individuals with disabilities served by Texas Tech are not segregated, separated or treated differently. For more information, please refer to TTUHSC Operating Policy 10.15, Americans with Disabilities Act at http://www.ttuhsc.edu/hsc/op/op1015.pdf
If you have questions regarding the TTUHSC ADA policy or accessibility or require assistance, please use the following points of contact:
Employee Concerns
David Fry, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources
phone: (806) 743-2865
fax: (806) 743-2882
email: david.fry@ttuhsc.edu
Student Concerns
Margret Duran, HSC Student Services
phone: ( 806) 743-2300
fax: (806) 743-3027
email: margret.duran@ttuhsc.edu
Public Concerns
Dennis Lamb, Patient-Physician Relations
phone: (806) 743-2959
fax: 743-1515
email: dennis.lamb@ttuhsc.edu
These individuals may also be contacted through Relay Texas (as service of the Texas Public Utility Commission). For more information on Relay Texas, visit their web site at http://www.puc.state.tx.us/relay/index.cfm.
TTUHSC is also committed to making its web sites accessible to all users and we have included several features designed to improve accessibility for users with disabilities. Some of these features are described below.
Images on the site contain 'alt tags' with descriptions of the image, which aid users who listen to the content of the site by using a screen reader, rather than reading the site. Text transcripts accompany audio clips of speeches and remarks.
Major reports and other special publications that are made available on the TTUHSC web site are generally available in html. In some cases we may publish a document using Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
TTUHSC endorses the guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as the standard for World Wide Web accessibility.
TTUHSC has developed institutional web site publishing standards. These standards are available for review at http://www.ttuhsc.edu/it/policy/web.aspx.
To improve the accessibility of the TTUHSC web site we currently use various tools for site validation including Bobby ( http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp ) and tools available through the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
TTUHSC welcomes comments on how to improve the site's accessibility for users with disabilities.
If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our web site interferes with your ability to access the information, please contact us at webmaster@ttuhsc.edu or use the points of contact listed above for assistance. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the web address of the requested material, and your contact information.
Additional information about accessibility programs in Texas is available from the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities ( http://www.governor.state.tx.us/disabilities/ ).