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I remember reading about people years ago who went around suing various restaurants and businesses because they were not ADA compliant (ramps and a handicapped
by xt00 10y ago
I remember reading about people years ago who went around suing various restaurants and businesses because they were not ADA compliant (ramps and a handicapped parking spot type of thing). So they would sue them and show they had standing (due to some disability they had) and most of the companies would make the modification and settle out of court for like 10-20k. Rinse and repeat. So I imagine that the UC system along with other online course providers realized that they were likely to get sued based upon the ADA violation. My thinking is that somebody should push for having a law that states something like this: "for content created for the public good such as educational material that is provided in an archival form without cost shall not be required to be ADA compliant".. So basically if you are willing to give the content away for free, then you should not be required to annotate it. If you want to charge for it, then you need to comply with the law.
- xenadu02 10y agoFYI: the lawyer responsible for most of the ADA lawsuits is a scam artist (in my opinion). He was involved with Prenda law and disbarred for his conduct in those cases. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prenda_law_attorney_who_switched_to_ada_suits_is_suspended_says_hell_contin/ http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prenda_law_attorney_w...