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Why does American Express hate the blind?
So anyone here with an American Epress has probably gotten the MylifeMyCard advertisments and the information on their MyWishList contest (http://mywishlist.mylifemycard.com/). What I find interesting is every year the contest has been in Flash (not good for the blind to start), but this year they outdid themselves. They managed to add a captcha to the contest that has no audio alternative --wonderful.

You're probably thinking well why does this guy care? Mainly 1) my neighbor is blind and 2) I'm in law school and had to study the American with Disabilities Act. All in all I'd say anyone with standing could sue the living shit out of AMEX for a violation of their ADA rights --since this is a public contest. I mean AMEX might argue "Hey, we're a private group and the contest is private," but I doubt a court would buy it. They've got millions of card holders and the contest is open to every one of them. Either way, it's not very nice of American Express to forget their are blind card holders who they're straight screwing over.

Time to make a phone call,
Tyler
posted by Tyler Pitchford in Gripes on Dec 6, 2006 8:55 PM : 6 comments [permalink]
 

 
 
 
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