The San Francisco Gate reports that American retail giant Target is being sued (possibly class action) for having accessibility problems with Target.com: Blind student sues Target over firm’s Web site

From the article:

Advocates for the blind said the lawsuit is a shot across the bow for retailers, newspapers and other businesses that have Web sites the blind cannot use…

“What I hope is that Target and other online merchants will realize how important it is to reach 1.3 million people in this nation and the growing Baby Boomer population who will also be losing vision,” said Bruce Sexton Jr., 24, the blind third-year Cal student who filed the suit.

Proper accessibility is one of the core motivations for developing websites with web standards, and why we have been proud to do so for over four years now. Check out, for example, our work on the Turner Broadcasting website, which is coded from the ground up to be completely accessible.