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Posted 2002-10-06 @ 23:37:42

Think accessibility doesn't matter to you because Section 508 only applies to US Federal agencies?

From an article at law.com:

Gumson and a Miami Beach, Fla.-based disability rights group, Access Now, filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Miami in June and July against Dallas-based Southwest and Dallas-based American Airlines under the Americans with Disabilities Act. They are doing so under an untested legal theory. Namely, that ADA provisions on the accessibility of public accommodations to the disabled apply to Internet Web sites just as they do to brick-and-mortar facilities like movie theaters and department stores.

I've been wondering how long it'd be before the ADA was applied to the Web, and I sorta figured it would take a lawsuit to make it happen. Even if this particular case fails, it's only a matter of time until one succeeds, so this should serve as a wake-up call to anybody who does business online.