Court: Disabilities Act doesn't cover the Web Interesting decision upheld by a federal appeals court- the judges did note however that there are many further discusssions regarding this issue that need to be had. The ADA states that any "place of public accommodation" has to be accessable. It does list 12 categories (i.e. schools, restaurants, hotels). How should the Internet / World Wide Web fit into this picture?

More and more, an online presence is an extension of a brick and mortar company's business operations. I'm predicting that we'll see further legislation requiring firms to comply with the ADA as it applies to their web presence. Ensuring that a site can be 'read' via text-to-speech converters is a good start. Of course, you can see some surprising results in this story when sites that are run by organizations that are focused on the disabled actually fail accessibility tests!