User talk:Guy Macon/Discrimination against the visually impaired

I am making certain claims about a legal case. Are they accurate?

(The following is copied from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Law, where I have not received a reply for a week) --Guy Macon (talk) 12:57, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

At User:Guy Macon/Discrimination against the visually impaired I am making certain claims of a legal nature, such as

'"This appears to be a direct violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990"

and

'"National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation was a case where a major retailer, Target Corp., was sued because their web designers failed to design its website to enable persons with low or no vision to use it. This resulted in Target paying out roughly ten million dollars."

When it comes to legal issues, I am an excellent Electrical Engineer. Lawyer? Not so much. So could someone with a bit more experience please review my claims? For example, was the Target payout later reduced? Or maybe I missed some additional payout? And is my understanding o9f the ADA correct, or am I taking about a situation that is an exception?

I just want to make sure that I am not, in my ignorance, making any bogus claims. --Guy Macon (talk) 14:50, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Guy, this seems like a really important issue - I am not an american lawyer but I do have some legal training and access to legal databases. I will try and look into it for you and reply on your talkpage. AlasdairEdits (talk) 16:08, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

On my talk page (User talk:Guy Macon#Americans with Disabilities Act and CAPTCHA) AlasdairEdits says "everything I read seems to interpret this as talking about commercial companies offering services to the public" but cautions that "if a qualified american lawyer comes along then their interpretation should trump mine".

Keeping in mind my deep, deep ignorance on this topic, according to http://www.thefamilyy.org/ "The YMCA of Greater Augusta is a 501(C)(3) Non-Profit Organization. Donations are tax-exempt FIN: 58-0566254", yet https://www.ada.gov/ymca_augusta.html says that "This matter was initiated by a complaint filed with the United States against the YMCA alleging violations of Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-12189, and its implementing regulations, 28 C.F.R. Part 36. Specifically, the Complainant, L.B., alleges that the YMCA failed to modify its policies as necessary to afford her son, C.B., an individual with intellectual disabilities, with the full and equal opportunity to enjoy the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of the YMCA." So it seems to my untrained eyes that the Target case establishes that the ADA applies to web sites and the YMCA cas establishes that the ADA applies to non-profits. Am I wrong? --Guy Macon (talk) 19:59, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Notifications

Notified Jacob Rogers (Legal Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation).[1] --Guy Macon (talk) 13:16, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

No answer so far, See m:User talk:Jrogers (WMF)#Proposal with legal aspects. I have also raised this question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Law#I am making certain claims about a legal case. Are they accurate?. --Guy Macon (talk) 12:18, 11 September 2017 (UTC)