[technology taskforce] Web Accessibility Victory

Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
Tue Oct 8 15:43:17 UTC 2019


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On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:12 AM Raymond Mamattah <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That’s a good Judith,
>
> I have been a volunteer for the UN e-governance survey and accessibility
> of websites by the disabled was one of the things looked out for.  Past
> results of the survey can be found in this url:
>
> https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2018
>
> From this I’m sure disabled accessibility is a requirement, hence this is
> a good ruling.
>
> Regards
> Raymond Mamattah
> Accra-Ghana
>
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 at 1:51 AM, Judith Hellerstein <judith at jhellerstein.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Just saw this on Facebook. The US Supreme Court refused to opine on a
>> ruling
>> letting the past ruling by the lower courts stand. That ruling found
>> against
>> Dominoes because its website was not accessible. This law now allows
>> blind
>> people to sue retailers if their websites are not accessible,
>>
>> https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-10-07/blind-person-dominos-ada-supreme-court-disabled
>>
>>   The law says that the Americans With Disabilities Act protects access
>> not just
>> to restaurants and stores but also to the websites and apps of those
>> businesses.
>> This is a big win for accessibility.
>>
>> Judith
>>
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