Many Canadians are not aware of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA).
While this is an American statute it does affect sites anywhere
which purport to render services or sell merchandise to Americans
with disabilities. There is some controversy in American
jurisprudence as to whether websites are actually covered by the
ADA. However, there are literally hundreds of lawsuits which
have been issued in the United States against companies based upon
complaints that the website is not easily accessible to a disabled
person.
In fact, on October 7, 2019, the United States Supreme Court
denied Domino's Pizza's Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
in the case of Guillermo Robles vs. Domino's Pizza and sent the
lawsuit back to the California courts to be tried on the merits,
although due to the particular facts of that case the issue is
still not finally settled.
