The 10th edition of Global Accessibility awareness day GAAD 2021 is on May 20th 2021. Lack of awareness is the primary problem for digital accessibility. As the saying goes, “The world is not a problem the problem is your unawareness.” Almost a decade ago, Jennison Asuncion and Joe Devon, two accessibility evangelists recognized that lack […]

Maxability is bringing together the web accessibility suits and settlements since 2014. 5th year in a row, this article highlights some web accessibility suits and settlements in 2018. Plaintiffs filed 4965 federal ADA Title III lawsuits in first 6 months of 2018. Among this large numbers are web accessibility suits and settlements. If the trend […]

End of the year, Time to look at web accessibility suits and settlements in 2017. Few web accessibility suits that are filed in the courts, the settlements that are agreed without law suits are provided below. The refresh of section 508 refresh is a major legal update in 2017. Apart from the links below, there […]

The Education and Out Reach Group of W3C WAI has published an update on the laws and policies governing accessibility and disability through-out the globe. This accessibility legal and policy information is important for accessibility enthusiasts to understand and digest how the world is moving towards inclusive web. I have tried analyzing the phase in […]

It is almost at the end of year 2016. It is the time to look at the legal updates. The web accessibility suits that are filed in the courts, the settlements that are agreed without law suits and new laws that came into force. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council […]

In February 2012, I have written an article Now it’s the turn of Airlines making my readers aware of the problems faced by passengers with disabilities then. One of the mention in that article was the SpiceJet probes offloading of disabled woman. Jeeja Ghosh has reached supreme court taking the matter serious. The supreme court […]

It has been a year since I wrote a similar article Web Accessibility Sues and Settlements in 2014 and it is the end of 2015, time to help my readers look at some suits and settlements in 2015. Before I take you to the recent suits, let me walk you through some of the accessibility […]

In 2015, the Government of Manitoba introduced the Accessibility Standard for Customer Service, the first standard in The Accessibility Act for Manitobans. Accessibility standards are the building blocks of the act. They will be introduced gradually to create understanding and to allow for planning among affected organizations. The standard applies to public, private and non-profit […]

Web Accessibility is gaining popularity in the digital market. Slowly businesses are identifying the untapped spending potential of people with disabilities. On the other hand people with disabilities began demanding for their basic rights without discriminating from their fellow citizens. Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 (Australia), Equality Act of 2010 (United Kingdom) and The Americans […]