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Blind woman sues 30 websites over handicap accessibility
New York Post ^ | 1/7/2018 | Priscilla DeGregory and Emily Saul

Posted on 01/08/2018 5:42:50 AM PST by simpson96

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To: rlmorel

Nope—which is why we generally very much don’t like nepotism in government.


61 posted on 01/08/2018 9:39:47 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

We have been fortunate to avoid this to a far larger degree than other countries (nepotism) but...we are seeing more inroads into it.


62 posted on 01/08/2018 9:46:51 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: HamiltonJay
Beyond reprehensible? Really? I don't really think this rises to the level of “reprehensible”.

It sounds to me like just another example of government over-reach when they enact laws about things the market should be allowed to decide. Companies which wish to do business with vision-impaired individuals will spend the time and effort to make their web-sites accessible - those who do not, will not and they may lose vision-impaired clientele to the businesses that have.

As far as I am concerned, I don't have a constitutional right to shop at a particular store, and neither does anyone else.

Access to government web sites? Different story.

63 posted on 01/08/2018 9:52:20 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: WayneS

Sorry but its reprehensible.

These aren’t mom and pop websites selling their home made goods on ETSY... these are Billion dollar corporations responsible for millions of peoples finances or medical care.

It is inexcusable and reprehensible, no excuse for it other than laziness and priorities that are not in the best interest of their members or customers.

Every single time they wind up getting their arses properly handed to them, because decide to make a short sighted (no pun intended) and stupid decision to skirt their moral and ethical obligations, let alone the law.


64 posted on 01/08/2018 9:57:47 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay
Nike, 24 Hour Fitness, De Beers, Barney’s, Donna Karan, and Kleinfeld Bridal...

Which one of those corporations is responsible for your finances and/or health care?

Furthermore, what law requires you to deal with a particular financial advisor or health care provider.

You are acting like an anti-capitalist, big-government, liberal.

65 posted on 01/08/2018 10:10:46 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: WayneS

I am talking directly about companies I work with that I have had this conversation with, as I made quite clear in my original post. Take your ideological blinders off!

I have had this conversation with multiple companies over the years, and they always stupidly decide to skirt the law, when it is mentioned they need to do this, and they choose not to, only to get in trouble later and have to spend a lot more to fix it because they stupidly decide not to originally.

As to these companies, they are all big companies that I am sure were told by someone like me that they need to do this, and they chose not to... Now they will pay the price for not doing it and have to spend far more than they should have to fix it because they ignored the great advice they were given up front.. .that would have not only saved them a lawsuit and the payouts they will pay for it, but also the added expense of how much more it costs to FIX something that should have easily been built properly in the first place.

I am not an anti capitalist, because I advocate that capitalists must follow the law... These laws have been on the books for decades, these companies (and this list here are companies that are not small mom and pops but large corps who knew they were violating the law) these companies foolishly decided they were above the law and will now pay the price for it.

Their shareholders should be demanding heads for this.. they will wind up paying out millions most likely for something that should have never happened. Managerial incompetence.


66 posted on 01/08/2018 10:19:24 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Because there are only a handful of companies that write this software. But thousands of companies with non-compliant websites.

A handful of lazy companies who can't bother to insert common language detection and image recognition software? And because of that people can ride into court and sue?

The problem isn't the web, it's their browsers. I'm honestly surprised that Google hasn't cooked up a solution to destroy all of them. Might take them a couple weeks to put it all together.

67 posted on 01/08/2018 2:42:31 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Sequoyah101
Sidewalks and ramps to nowhere are just one part of the insanity and waste.

Saw one today, ADA compliant sidewalk, 150 ft long, 3 miles from the nearest intersection, but by golly there's a ramp at each end with the little dots. County put it in because it was free grant money and replaced an 8" asphalt berm that had deteriorated.

68 posted on 01/08/2018 2:46:22 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: simpson96

I’ve been waiting for this. 508 Compliance is a big deal and nearly nobody does it.


69 posted on 01/08/2018 2:49:55 PM PST by Lazamataz (It is known.)
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To: simpson96

Any web designer worth his salt would know that any public facing website has to accommodate blind users, and if accounted for upfront, doesn’t cost all that much to implement.

But most web designers learned from a “Dummies” book.


70 posted on 01/08/2018 2:50:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: robroys woman

She should sue Stevie Wonder for being more successful than she must be.


71 posted on 01/08/2018 2:52:30 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year! Screeeeewwwww 2017!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Stevie can work a camera

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/kannon-camera/n9098?snl=1


72 posted on 01/08/2018 2:53:47 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: lakecumberlandvet

And to think, somehow, Helen Keller became successful without suing the crap out of people.


73 posted on 01/08/2018 2:54:08 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year! Screeeeewwwww 2017!)
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To: HamiltonJay

+1


74 posted on 01/08/2018 2:54:58 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Pravious

She should sue some transplant surgeons for not stepping up immediately to provide her with new corneas, lenses, entire eyeballs or whatever.


75 posted on 01/08/2018 2:55:57 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year! Screeeeewwwww 2017!)
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To: HamiltonJay

And Blind people buy shoes too, why would you not try to accommodate that market? It’s just bad business.


76 posted on 01/08/2018 2:57:31 PM PST by dfwgator
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