Up in the air: Are airlines following the new DOT rules on equal pricing for people with disabilities when websites are inaccessible?

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-336

  Lazar, Jonathan ^a   Jaeger, Paul T ^b   Adams, Anthony ^a   Angelozzi, Anthony ^a   Manohar, John ^a   Marciniak, James ^a   Murphy, Justin ^a   Norasteh, Pouria ^a   Olsen, Charles ^a   Poneres, Evangelos ^a   Scott, Tiffany ^a   Vaidya, Naresh ^a   Walsh, James ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Discrimination; Section 508; Transportation; Travel; Usability; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956179213     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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