Friday, July 18, 2003

http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/?name=News&file=article&sid=9376
National Council On Disability Says Americans With Disabilities Act Applies To Commercial And Other Private Web Sites Published on on Jul 11, 2003 This article has the link to the position paper (the National Council on Disability has the full paper located at the url http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/adainternet.html NCD analyzed all the legal background to the ADA and Internet access issue, pointing out authorities and scholarship on both sides of the question, and identifying as carefully and precisely as possible what these authorities actually do and do not say... Many authorities, including those that are opposed to the view that the ADA should apply to e-commerce, are cited and discussed. But based on all the authorities, the paper reaches the conclusion that the law does clearly contemplate the coverage of the Internet by Title III of the ADA.