AOL against ADA?

[jn@tommy.demon.co.uk (John Nissen)]

In message <0A005268C8DED311A23E0008C75D1EFF475FD9@sj-exchange.ci.sj.ca.us> 
"Waddell, Cynthia" writes:

>...  I am still absorbing the witness statements available online.
>What does everyone think of the testimony entitled "The Unsuitability of the
>ADA for an Organic Medium" by Susyn Conway.  I understand she used to work
>as a Director for AOL.

I've not read this.  But I wonder whether there is a real problem for
companies like AOL, who supply special software to their end-users for
to allow them to use certain services.  The accessibility, which ADA may 
demand, would apply to this software, which has no doubt been written 
without accessibility in mind, and would thus be costly and time-consuming
to make accessible.  Is this the hidden agenda?

Cheers from Chiswick,

John
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