Companies working to improve web accessibility
December 16th, 2009From Associated Press:
American businesses are increasingly working to make their websites more accessible, concluding that it is good business to welcome a growing population of potential online customers with disabilities.
Experts say the threat of civil rights lawsuits has also motivated some companies. Target Corp. last year agreed to pay $6 million in damages to plaintiffs with disabilities who could not access its website, and Apple. Inc. reached an agreement with the state of Massachusetts to make its iTunes software more accessible.
Most federal government websites are required by law to be accessible, but those operated by business are not.

