Hi:
Well, whatever the reasons  are I have also seen an increase in the number of websites that are  not accessible
Whether it be my bank, my son's school or credit card companies.  
As a community of disabled persons we each have to  advocate for the accessibility of these websites...  using basic screen readers should be accessible...
Please take the time to notify the companies you have encountered that are not accessible and politly explain why you need them to be accessible...then if need be talk about the ADA and if a company is federally funded it has to be accessible.
We can make a difference if we all take the time to let our voices be heard.
I plan to do so.
Anne

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Hi to all.

While there have been a few positive lower Court rulings on this matter, the questions of whether and how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) apply to websites have not, to date, made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Because blind people are a very small minority with relatively little money and because sighted people tend to write websites intended to look cool to other sighted people and because not all blind people are experts on using the technological tools available to them and because all of the available technology for reading the web do not have the same capabilities (think of the differences between Mac and Windows access),, I would expect a continued growth in the number of partially and totally inaccessible websites for the foreseeable future.
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Ted Chittenden

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---- Rachel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
Can anyone tell me if private companies/Web sites are legally required to be accessible?  I'm coming across more and more sites lately that once were accessible but aren't anymore due to changes recently made to them.  Do I have a right to threaten these companies with legal action if they don't make their sites accessible?  I'm assuming so, as Target, Southwest Airlines, and so many others have been forced to make their sites accessible.

Any guidance on how I might proceed would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Rachel


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