Slashdot found this story about a blind user who is suing Southwest Airlines because their website is inaccessible. (It's a rather important issue, since Southwest tickets must be purchased directly through the airline; online travel sites do not list Southwest flights.)
Gumson and a Miami Beach, Fla.-based disability rights group, Access Now, filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Miami in June and July against Dallas-based Southwest and Dallas-based American Airlines under the Americans with Disabilities Act. They are doing so under an untested legal theory. Namely, that ADA provisions on the accessibility of public accommodations to the disabled apply to Internet Web sites just as they do to brick-and-mortar facilities like movie theaters and department stores.These accomodations are required when providing electronic and information technology" (web sites, photocopiers, telephones, etc.) to the US Federal Government under Section 508.
