Author: Thomas Logan

Oklahoma Mobile ID is an app that can store a secured, digitized version of a driver’s license or state-issued ID. Residents can use the app as a means to verify their identity.  Unfortunately, the app is not accessible to individuals with vision disabilities. “It’s currently the ONLY form of mobile-phone-based ID that is verifiable against […]

Quest Diagnostics offers laboratory services. At a doctor’s request, patients visit a Quest location for blood draws and other lab procedures. The company installed digital self-service touchscreen kiosks in its locations. These kiosks allow patients to check in for an appointment. The American Council for the Blind (ACB) filed a class action lawsuit against Quest […]

It’s not news that traveling on airplanes is fraught with challenges for people with disabilities. In late 2021, Disability Advocate Engracia Figueroa died after an airline damaged her customized wheelchair. Yet, the ABRA Group’s Chief Strategy Officer Michael Swiatek believes that accessible travel is entering a golden age. ABRA has an ownership interest in the […]

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigated the New College of Florida for not making its website and social media accessible to everyone. A public liberal arts institution, New College of Florida, said it settled with the OCR by saying it will correct the inaccessibility issues in the next eight months. […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [PDF] on how to update the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to add specific requirements about web and mobile application and content accessibility. State and local governments would have to follow specific technical standards to meet […]

A Supreme Court case about the accessibility of hotel websites has understandably caught the attention of the disability and accessibility community. Here’s the short version. Deborah Laufer has filed more than 600 lawsuits. Most of the lawsuits are against small hotels that Laufer claims have failed to indicate whether their rooms are accessible for people […]

When a major worldwide publication writes about accessible websites, we take notice. That’s exactly what happened when the Economist published Lawsuits over disabled Americans’ access to websites have surged. This article focuses on the large increase in lawsuits related to websites not complying with the ADA. It targets litigants who bring in many lawsuits on […]

A new Kansas law will allow businesses to sue plaintiffs and their counsel over “abusive” litigation related to websites not complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This law helps them  recover defense fees and potentially punitive damages. The name of the law is the Act Against Abusive Website Access Litigation. It went into effect […]