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Requiring subtitles goes a little further though. Having fire exit signs in English and Spanish, or English and French in Canada, might be a reasonable accomoda

• brudgers 14y ago
  From the article: 'The most crucial ruling is where the court says that a website qualifies as a "place of public accommodation."' The context of my comment was in regards to the general case of website accessibility falling under the scope of the ADA as a place of public accomodation, i.e. as web commerce replaces bricks and mortar stores, the nature of what constitutes a place of public accommodation will shift to keep up in order to protect the rights of persons with disabilities to participate in civic life just as the Uniform Business Code has been extended into these new places of business.
  • excuse-me 14y ago
    yes and previous ADA rulings have said that this means access to the WEBSITE must be available to all - so screen readers, alt-text for images etc This goes further and claims that all the content must also be available to the deaf with CC, and presumably described audio for the blind as well. This is the bit that goes beyond reasonable. The ADA requires me to make the store accessible from the parking lot for those in wheelchairs - it doesn't require me to modify my stock of mountain bikes to be usable by the disabled