E la Carte, Inc., creators of the PrestoPrime EMV System for full-service restaurants, and Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar, announced a partnership with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco to produce a text-to-speech capability for the PrestoPrime EMV System that will be incorporated … Continue reading “Ability Magazine”
E la Carte, Applebee’s® Grill + Bar, National Federation of the Blind, and LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco Announce Collaboration to Make In-Restaurant Table-top Tablets Accessible to Blind Guests Redwood City, Calif. (January 9, 2018) – E la Carte, Inc., creators of the PrestoPrime™ EMV System™ for full-service restaurants, and … Continue reading “New Accessibility Features Coming to PrestoPrime EMV System”
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New York, NY—November 29, 2017—In resolution of a federal lawsuit brought by Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) last March, the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation have agreed to the installation of a lift at the front steps of the monument built in 2012 to honor Franklin … Continue reading “Settlement Reached to Provide Equal Access to FDR Memorial on Roosevelt Island”
Video streaming giant Hulu LLC was hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court on Monday alleging its services exclude the blind and visually impaired.
Boston, Massachusetts—November 20, 2017—A coalition of blind and visually impaired individuals and advocacy groups filed a nationwide class action today against Hulu to end the video streaming company’s ongoing exclusion of blind and visually impaired Americans. The lawsuit—filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts—challenges Hulu’s violation of the Americans with Disabilities … Continue reading “Nationwide Class Action Challenges Hulu’s Discrimination against Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals”
At the close of Wednesday’s MTA board meeting, one board member offered a suggestion for addressing the system’s abysmal state of access for the disabled.
New York, NY—October 2017—Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), the leading national nonprofit disability rights legal center, honors three outstanding advocates for the disability community in 2017. The Museum Access Consortium (MAC), Rebecca Alexander, and Starbucks were each presented with Eagle Awards at DRA’s Inaugural New York Gala on October 12, 2017. About DRA’s Eagle Awards Every … Continue reading “Disability Rights Advocates Presents Three Eagle Awards in 2017”
In This Issue Letter from the Managing Director DRA is Growing Larry Paradis Posthumously Receives ABA’s Paul G. Hearne Award Impact Report Letter from the Managing Director Dear DRA family, Thanks to all who made DRA’s inaugural New York gala a night to remember. Together we celebrated our 2017 Eagle Awardees for their outstanding advocacy … Continue reading “October 2017 E-Newsletter”
Eatsa made headlines when they were served a lawsuit by the Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a national nonprofit. Their lawsuit alleged that Eatsa’s central feature — exclusively in-app ordering and automat-style food pickup — discriminated against blind people.