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Court Awards Damages Because Defendant's Website Not Accessible by the Blind

This was a class action case in the United States between a major online retailer and the National Federation of the Blind in which the major retailer settled for an amount thought to be up to $6m because its website was too difficult to use with screen-reader software, which converts content to speech, allowing the blind use the Internet.

https://www.eversheds.com/uk/home/articles/index.page?ArticleID=templatedata\Eversheds\articles\data\en\Local_government\Local_Government_briefing_note_43_2008

It underscores the importance of considering and complying with disability laws in setting up a company’s website and not treating the disabled less favorably than others.

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