For the record, the National Federation of the Blind did *not* sue Southwest Airlines. A cross-disability lawsuit mill in Florida called Access Now did. A federal court found that Southwest did not have to make its site accessible to people with disabilities. Further, blind people have no legal standing to sue Southwest or any other airline for that matter because they cannot use JAWS to purchase a ticket on the site. Air travel is not covered by the ADA but by a law called the Air Carrier Access Act, which does not offer an individual a private right of action.
Kelly----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt" <A.Spratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:01 AM Subject: Re: JAWS & Southwest Airlines
I want to be clear that I wasn't endorsing NFB's actions, but reporting in case the information was helpful to the lister with the problem. This is not the forum to elaborate.----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Campbell" <jazzlion1@xxxxxxxxxxx> Hi all,Southwest site is accessable, I make reservations all the time on the site. I am not sure what is causing that message. Try rebooting jaws and registering again.As for suing for accessability, I am against this because a group or a person should first work within the companies channels before going to court. I have had great success with developers of sites once I showed them how easy it is to make their sites readable by blind and low vision people.-----Original Message-----From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrian SprattHi, Vicki.The NFB sued Southwest Airlines some years ago over its website and lost. The current lawsuit against Target is intended to overcome that huge obstacle to accessibility.From what you write, it would seem you might benefit from sighted assistance in setting up your account but that you might be able to access it once that's done. I hope so.A.S. -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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