Co-authored by Elizabeth Troutman, Brooks Pierce
If you're anything like us, a discussion that turns to the
topic of software coding elicits panic– "are they going
to want my legal opinion about this? Oh no! There's a reason I
didn't take the patent bar – all those science courses
– I can't even fix the ice maker!"
For many lawyers, the topic of website accessibility conjures a
similar response. But here's why it shouldn't. Website
accessibility is simply an umbrella term used to describe how
people with disabilities access the internet. For blind and
visually impaired people, the internet has opened a whole world of
information that was previously closed - we can manage our
finances, buy groceries, and even order our kids' Halloween
costumes without having to overcome the obstacle of going to a
physical place. There is software that reads the text on the screen
aloud, increases the font size, changes the contrast colors, and
allows us to move about using
