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I believe in making things accessible, and strive to do that on all my projects.

I object to abuse of the ADA. Businesses / organizations should be given an opportunity to remediate their web sites before an automated script files an erroneous lawsuit.

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It should be an easy legal fix - you have to give notice and ~120 day window to fix before you are allowed to file a lawsuit. Also, not sure private parties should be plaintiffs here.

Without private action, they would need funding for enforcement. To have funding for enforcement, they would have to either levy fines against offenders or raise taxes. Those are non-starters for getting the legislation passed, and the opponents hope that they can later claim that the private action is an abuse of the legal system.

That is already the most common out come of ADA website suits it would seem:

> The most common penalty at the federal level is a demand that the website be updated swiftly to better cater to people with disabilities.

[0] https://ddiy.co/can-you-be-sued-if-your-website-is-not-ada-c...

That doesn't apply in California or New York. I heard California is trying to bring back the grace period.

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