Extra Resources

Short sampling of Case laws

• list dating back to 2000

2000

• North Carolina State sued over inaccessible hardware and software

2009

• Small Business Association sued over inaccessible website
• Social Security Administration sued over inaccessible website
• United States Department of Education sued over inaccessible website and documents
• The Ohio State University sued over failure to caption video at the Stadium and Arenas
• Arizona State University sued over use of inaccessible Amazon Kindles
• Pace University sued over use of inaccessible Amazon Kindles
• Case Western sued over use of inaccessible Amazon Kindles
• Reed College sued over use of inaccessible Amazon Kindles
• University of Virginia Darden School of Business sued over use of inaccessible Amazon Kindles

2010

• Netflix sued over non-captioned streaming videos
  • Penn State sued over inaccessible websites, learning management system, smart podiums, banks software and ATMs
• McNeese State University sued over inaccessible buildings

2011

• Florida State sued over inaccessible software, textbooks, and clickers
• University of California Berkeley sued over inaccessible textbooks
• Northwestern University sued over use of inaccessible Google apps
• New York University sued over use of inaccessible Google apps
• South Carolina Technical College System sued over inaccessible websites

2012

• Maricopa Community College sued over inaccessible course materials
• University of Kentucky sued over failure to caption video at the Stadium and Arenas
• University of Montana sued over inaccessible learning management system, clickers, and websites

2013

• University of California Berkeley sued over failure to caption videos, inaccessible Massive Open Online Courses, and for shorter time in making course materials accessible
• University of Maryland sued over failure to caption video at the Stadium and Arenas

2014

• Miami University sued over inaccessible course materials
• Mt Hood Community College sued over inaccessible websites
• University of Cincinnati sued over inaccessible websites
• University of Colorado Boulder sued over inaccessible websites, learning managements systems, and course materials
• Youngstown State sued over inaccessible websites

2015

• Amazon sued over failure to caption streaming videos
  • Atlantic Cape Community College sued over inaccessible books, labs, and websites
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University sued over non-captioned videos
• Siskiyou Joint Community College sued over inaccessible materials
• University of Phoenix sued over inaccessible learning management system

2016

• Hulu sued over failure to caption streaming videos
• College of Westchester sued over inaccessible websites
• Iona College sued over inaccessible websites
• Netflix sued over failure to have have narrated audio descriptions

2017

• Los Angeles Community College District sued over inaccessible instructional materials
• Fordham University sued over inaccessible websites

Resources

Adobe Acrobat for PDFs

Web Page Accessibility

Captioning Resources

Accessible Document Resources

General Accessibility Resources

Colors Checks

Alternative Text (Alt Text)