Today is the 16th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the director of Public Policy for the American Federation of the Blind released a statement commemorating the day.
His statement focused on the digital divide that people with vision loss experience on the web. That most websites are not accessible, and many can be remedied by simple labeling of graphics and links.
He mentions the Target lawsuit, Google Accessible Search, and Yahoo’s steps towards better accessibility on the homepage as both good and bad aspects of the awareness of the needs for “electronic ramps” to be built on websites.
One of the interesting points he makes is that the Department of Justice and the National Council on Disability “have said repeatedly that the ADA covers accessibility of commercial web sites for people with disabilities, but too few adhere to it.”
(That statement makes me wonder where the case against Target will be heading - will Target be made an example?)
It’s a Press Release, so it’s pretty formal, but an interesting read if you feel like celebrating ADA Day.
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