I read the article today, and the NFB is using the Americans With Disabilites Act to push their lawsuit. Where in this act does it say that corporations and companies have to create their websites to accomodate the programs that blind people use to navigate online? Though I understand that is hard for them to navigate websites using this program when the websites are mainly graphical, but what will this change. Will it change the way people build websites, will graphical content be regulated and more text based content be implemented? If they win, will it open flood gates to more lawsuits against websites that do not comply with the programs build enough?
2006-10-25 13:06:40 · 3 answers · asked by Enterrador 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
"Where in this act does it say..." It probably doesn't, but there is case law on point or analogous, and the court will interpret the law within its sprit and intent. My instinct is that you might be right about the floodgates -- there might not be a lot of additional litigation, but if the plaintiffs are successful, there will be a lot of redesign.
2006-10-25 13:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they will have a "text only" selection like many websites. I think it's right for Target to do it. It's not like the blind can drive to the store and the "text version" is often not very expensive. Why not?
2006-10-25 20:14:40 · answer #2 · answered by MEL T 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you have a problem with this, you might be a Republican.
2006-10-25 20:14:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋