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Nick Cowie@nickobec
Perth Web Accessibility Camp13 March 2013
Web Accessibility & the Law
I AM NOT A LAWYER
is is not a substitute for for legal advice
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-wb/20000110130000/http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/index.html
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Maguire v. SOCOG
Australia 2000
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Section 24
Goods, services and facilities
(1) It is unlawful for a person who, whether for payment or not, provides goods or services, or makes facilities available, to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability or a disability of any of that other person’s associates:
http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/decisions/comdec/1999/dd000150.htm
Access Now v. Southwest Airlines
United States of America 2002
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
website was a virtual construct and hence not a “public place of accommodation”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Now_v._Southwest_Airlines
National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation
United States of America 2008
“websites like Target.com must be accessible to the blind under both California law and the Americans with Disabilities Act”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_the_Blind_v._Target_Corporation
Kerr v. Virgin Blue
Australia 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/virgin-blue-in-court-over-website-20090119-7kc1.html
National Association of the Deaf v. Net!ix
United States of America 2012
“the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to website-only businesses”
http://dredf.org/captioning/
King v. Jetstar Airlines
Australia 2012
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Section 24(2)
It is not unlawful discrimination if the provision of the services or the making available of the facilities would impose “unjusti"able hardship” on the person.
http://www.hwlebsworth.com.au/latest-news-a-publications/publications/transport/aviation/item/745-victory-for-low-cost-carrier-in-disabled-passenger-case-king-v-jetstar-airways-pty-limited-2012-fcafc-115.html
Jodhan v. Canada
Canada 2012
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
“Two systemic failures that underlie the government’s failure to provide online services in a manner that is accessible to the visually impaired were demonstrated in this case.”
http://recueil.cmf.gc.ca/eng/2011/2010fc1197.html
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