- From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:30:02 -0400
- To: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong@naw.org>, w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
Hi B.K., That was me, citing US DOJ OCR _opinion_, Sept 1996, ADA Title II and Title III entities need to have their Web sites accessible, not a court ruling, listed in National Disability Law Reporter Sept 1997 issue. ADA itself passed in 1990 and so pre-dates Web. Policy area of EOWG to be organized & available in draft within the next 2 weeks or so, in the meantime can go to WAI Interest Group archive linked from http://www.w3.org/WAI/IG and look for mail from Jan-March 1998 sent by Cynthia Waddell, which lists & discusses the ruling. Or I'll send a better pointer later this weekend. - Judy At 08:10 PM 8/14/98 -0400, B.K. DeLong wrote: >I'm afraid I started an interesting thread on the Computer Book Publishing >listserve and the subject of the ADA mandating Web sites be accessible has >come up. > >I remember someone talking about a court ruling where the judge found that >an organization must make their Web site accessible. Can anyone cite the >case for me?? >-- >B.K. DeLong 360 Huntington Ave. >Director Suite 140SC-305 >New England Chapter Boston, MA 02115 >National Association (617) 247-3753 >of Webmasters > > >http://www.naw.org >bkdelong@naw.org > >NAW is the North American "chapter" >of the World Organization of Webmasters > >http://www.world-webmasters.org/ > ---------- Judy Brewer jbrewer@w3.org 617-258-9741 Director, Web Accessibility Initiative International Program Office World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MIT/LCS Room NE43-355 545 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139 USA http://www.w3.org/WAI
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