[nfbcs] Legal Requirements for Website Accessibility

[Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs]

Thanks. They said that they were aware that there are accessibility
problems, and they hope to have them solved soon. They said that changes
will be coming over the next few months. That was a better response than I
expected. For now, I'm just going to wait and see what happens. If it's
something like four months and either nothing has happened or it has gotten
worse, then I'll check back with them. 

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John Heim via
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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 8:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Legal Requirements for Website Accessibility

I accidently found out just now that our whole discussion about the 508
regulations is moot. I don't know how I missed this but back in March, the
Justice Department got H&R Block to agree to make their web site accessible
under the ADA. I had heard some time ago that the Justice Department had
said they belived the ADA applied to web sites but this is the first I've
heard of them enforcing it.

So, Nicole, if you are still reading this thread, I think you can safely
tell your credit union that the ADA applies to web sites.  If you need a
link, here it is:

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/March/14-crt-239.html

There still is the whole issue of enforcement. But I would think that since
it is now so clear that legally, a web site has to be accessible, your
credit union would have to take action to fix the accessibility. 
They may continue to drag their feet, giving excuses like, "We're working on
it," and "We've done our best." But short of that, I think they'll have to
fix the site.

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