The US National Federation of the Blind brought the case which is
allowed to proceed to court. Traget applied to have the application
dismissed. Target's amazing comment!
"We believe our Web site complies with all applicable laws and are
committed to vigorously defending this case. We will continue to
implement technology that increases the usability of our Web site for
all our guests, including those with disabilities."
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=134144
The errors are so obvious but target denies them.
Tim
On 10/09/2006, at 1:44 PM, Tim wrote:
Dear Melsiss and Kepler,
I note your Aussie email address Melissa, you could help me harrass
the Australian Government Information Management Office. UK standards
are higher than Australian or USA sites. UK government pages have
fewer HTML errors and more accessibility features. The Royal National
Institute of the Blind, RNIB in the UK are advocates for legal
compliance with UK Discrimination Laws.
In Australia, Vision Australia does not have the same focus of
advocacy as RNIB, they are a commercial company and do not advocate
legal compliance. Make a complaint under the 1992 Discrimination Act
and see how far you get. I did make complaint to Human Resources and
Equal Opportunity HREOC under the 1992 Act that I was denied keyboard
access by the Centrelink site.
I got nowhere and HREOC were lied to by AGIMO that their site was
"close enough". In Australia the precedent case is Maguire v Sydney
Olympics, a clear win for Maguire, however there has been no follow up
cases or complaints since as far as I know.
The apathy and denial of the Australian government to W3C standards
and accessibility can be seen in the awards to government website as
excellent, when the have many HTML errors and are inaccessible.
http://www.hereticpress.com/Editorials/Editorial06.html#awards
Long live the proletariat. If Target are found liable for
discrimination it will be a great thing for many Americans who will
get easier access to services they have been denied.
Tim
On 10/09/2006, at 1:18 PM, Melissa Cooper wrote:
only legal presidents
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