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Honest question — do I really get into jail or get sued for high penalties if a small tools I make for my clients are not "accessible" by any measure?
by nlitened 6y ago
Honest question — do I really get into jail or get sued for high penalties if a small tools I make for my clients are not "accessible" by any measure?
- diegoperini 6y agoProbably yes if you "insist" on staying not accessible.
- eps 6y agoNo, nobody would bother.
- gostsamo 6y agoCompanies are obliged to provide necessary tools to their employees to perform the tasks that they are hired to perform. This includes accessible tools for people with disabilities as enforced in most legal systems. If your tool is not accessible, companies cannot meet this obligation and will choose a competitor who does.
- badsectoracula 6y agoNo developer is going to be sued for their application having no accessibility features. The one who might be sued is an employer forcing some employee to use the software to perform their task without any other alternative, essentially making it impossible for that task to be performed by that employee. Unless you are in a position to cause this, you are not going to be affected (and even then, you getting sued is very unlikely unless you are said employer). In practice the worst that can happen to you is people with accessibility needs not using your software.