Accessibility in the Wild #
Posted on: February 9, 2006 - 7:46 pm
Terrific example of the lack of understanding about accessibility, this story in the Wall Street Journal about a company called Target getting sued for having an inaccessible website prompted a fairly typical reaction from the ignorant.
Next they’ll be suing banks, charging that the blind can’t use drive-up ATMs.
I try not to be critical of people who think this way because I used to think that way too. But it’s always good to be aware of the prejudice and lack of understanding you are up against.
The comments also include a couple of excellent rebuttals from people who do know a bit about the subject. And the good news, Target appeared to have fixed at least one of their problems, as described here, when I visited the site. See what a bit of bad press can do.