Target Won't Take Blind People's Money...

...But Blind People Will Take Target's


Watching blind.

AP reports:

Last month a federal judge in California allowed the [National Federation of the Blind]'s case to proceed, rejecting Target's argument that its Web site wasn't subject to the Americans With Disabilities Act, a 1990 law that requires retailers and other public places to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Target argued that the law only covered physical spaces....For an electronic retailer such as Amazon.com, which has no physical store, the law is unclear, [the f---ing lawyer] said. "There is no well defined policy in this area at all."

But the problem is solved already, no?

Danielsen showed that many links on Target's side were unintelligible to the Jaws software, and that the final purchase required the use of a mouse, something even the most sophisticated blind Web surfer would have trouble with. However, he was able to navigate other sites and purchased a CD from Amazon.

Maybe we don't need lawyers, Meredith.