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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 22 2019, @05:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the wrong-way dept.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/accessibility-the-future-and-why-dominos-matters/

The US Supreme Court last week formally declined to weigh in on an argument that the Americans with Disabilities Act should not apply to websites and digital storefronts, leaving intact a lower ruling finding that the ADA does, indeed, apply to digital space. Internet and Web users with disabilities, as well as advocates for accessible design, are breathing a sigh of relief.

[...] The case the Court declined to hear, Domino's v Robles, stemmed from a 2016 lawsuit. Guillermo Robles, a blind California resident who uses screen readers to access the Internet, tried to place an order through Domino's mobile app. Neither the app nor Domino's website proved usable by a screen reader, and Robles eventually sued the company, arguing the site's inaccessibility violated his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The section of the ADA at question is Title III, which says, in part, that you can't discriminate against an individual on the basis of disability "in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who owns, leases, or operates a place of public accommodation."

[...] About 61 million US adults, roughly one in four, live with some kind of disability, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The point of the ADA is to prevent discrimination against a quarter of the population and to codify the need for reasonable accommodations.

[...] "Here's what's shocking about Domino's: like Target [in 2008], just fixing the problem costs a great deal less than suing. So they were suing for the right to discriminate," Quesenbery told Ars.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 23 2019, @12:55AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 23 2019, @12:55AM (#910619)

    There is a reason why all the thought underlying most of Western Democracy is firmly rooted in the concept of the Veil of Ignorance. However, it is good to know that if you end up disabled or impaired when you are older, you won't blame a business for not having enough parking spots or a ramp so you can even get in the door. Your position would apparently still stands when they are the only grocery store, pharmacy or other business in a reasonable travel time.