Stopping to Smell the 1-800-Flowers: Dignitary Harms in Accessibility Litigation

6 Pages Posted: 6 Dec 2022 Last revised: 6 Dec 2022

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Blake E. Reid

University of Colorado Law School; University of Colorado at Boulder - Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship

Zainab Alkebsi

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

Date Written: November 22, 2022

Abstract

On first glance, Gathers v. 1-800-Flowers.com is a garden-variety web accessibility case. But 1- 800-Flowers.com provides an opportunity to set aside the metaphysical questions about the ADA’s application that pervade the Internet accessibility literature and reflect on the indignity that web users with disabilities frequently suffer for having the audacity to enforce their civil rights.

Suggested Citation

Reid, Blake Ellis and Alkebsi, Zainab, Stopping to Smell the 1-800-Flowers: Dignitary Harms in Accessibility Litigation (November 22, 2022). Green Bag Almanac & Reader (2022), U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-25, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4284070 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4284070

Blake Ellis Reid (Contact Author)

University of Colorado Law School ( email )

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University of Colorado at Boulder - Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship ( email )

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Zainab Alkebsi

National Association of the Deaf (NAD) ( email )

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