law.com, by way of Jeffrey Zeldman
“…Gumson, who is blind, found that the site was incompatible with his screen-reader program….So Gumson and a Miami Beach, Fla.-based disability rights group, Access Now, filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Miami in June and July against Dallas-based Southwest and Dallas-based American Airlines under the Americans with Disabilities Act…”
Hmmm, I think this is a good thing – accessible web is a good thing, companies paying attention to this is a good thing. Movable type has accessible default templates – and they link to diveintoaccessibilty (which btw, has the whole web -> accessible as a pdf). There’s been some UK specific rulings on this as well. I think this would have a significant impact on e-learning content. Would the company thats creates the content or the client who bought it be liable?