WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Target and NFB agree to Settlment

for

From: Terry Thompson
Date: Aug 27, 2008 6:30PM

I'm impressed by the Target Online Assistive Technology Guidelines. The
level of detail, complete with images and code samples from the Target
website, would seem to be an extremely useful resource for Target web
developers.

I agree with Jared though that it would have been nice if this had resulted
in case law that clarifies web accessibility from an ADA standpoint. Without
that clarification, does this strengthen the need for web/IT accessibility
to be addressed in the ADA Amendments, as recommended in Cyndi's blog post
back in June?

http://www.webaim.org/blog/update-on-the-ada/

Other than this blog post, I'm not seeing much buzz about web accessibility
in the ADA Amendments discussions. What's the status of this, and what
further actions should web accessibility advocates take?

Thanks,
Terry

Terry Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, Accessible Technology
UW Technology Services
University of Washington
<EMAIL REMOVED>
206/221-4168



>