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Target.com sued by blind student

I bet the team I used to work on is as busy as bees adding ALT everywhere. In all fairness, Matt and I used to rant about ADA compliance to people all the time - few listen when it costs money to implement, as soon as someone sues and it hits the media, corporations amazingly spring in to action.

One sad thing is that the shiny new main navigation has no alt text to speak of, I wonder how navigable the site really is for people with disabilities?

 

Link: Target.com sued by blind student.

Target pharmacist fired for refusing 'morning-after' prescription

Finally. I know this issue has probably been a nasty thorn in Paula Thornton-Greer's side. Last I heard, Target had gotten behind pharmacists' right to refuse to fill perscriptions as religious beliefs of its employees under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Here is that piece on NPR...

 

I believe that if a pharmacist refuses to fill a perscription, they need to aid the guest in finding an alternative resource, another team member or another pharmacy, where she can get her perscription filled. The Star-Tribune piece doesn't mention exactly whether the pharmacist failed in that regard, which to me, is the operative issue at stake.

At any rate, I would personally like to congratulate Bob Ulrich, Chairman and CEO, Gregg Steinhafel, President, and Michael Francis, Executive Vice President, Marketing for Target finally standing up for a women's right to appropriate, legal medical access.

Kinda obvious when you consider their core demographic - I would assume that right-wing neocon 50s crap doesn't play too well with 23-40 year old women with incomes over 35K/year...

Link: Target pharmacist fired for refusing 'morning-after' prescription.

Mother's Little Helper Helper

Target introduced a new pill bottle, pushing the design envelope a bit on the old orange one we all know and love. But this one has some improvements. [Via  BoingBoing ].

It's called the "ClearRx prescription-packaging system." Since the bottle sits upside down, the label only needs to be one piece of paper. That will save some time and money. Also, in the 2006 versions, a red X will appear over the label when the medication has expired. I wonder if all drugs will start expiring sooner and sooner, since then you've got to refill and the phramas and retailers can make more dough? Who knows - one thing's for sure, it'll help people to NOT take expired drugs.

And, it red rather than orange.