The Disability Discrimination Act
24th Aug 2003
The RNIB has announced that it is helping visually impaired people to sue inaccessaible sites. Since 1996, it has been illegal for firms to treat disabled people unfairly, and it was confirmed in 2002 that the law, The Disability Discrimination Act, applies to online services too. No UK sites have been sued so far ... read more
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