From time to time an issue arises with a merchant or manufacturer that some in the disability field constitutes discrimination. When this occurs, a boycott may be organized. There are two such boycotts under effect right now:
SitStay.comreason: encouraging people to pass off pets as service animals so they can increase sales of their capes
related thread:
http://servicedogcentral.org/forum/index.php/topic,6429.0.htmlAmazon.com, and particularly their Kindlereason: they disabled a built in feature of the Kindle so that the Kindle cannot be used by the blind
other participants in the boycott:
- U.S. Department of Justice
- National Federation of the Blind
- American Council of the Blind
- Arizona State University
- Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio
- Pace University in New York City
- Reed College in Portland, Oregon
- Syracuse University
- University of Wisconsin at Madison
related thread:
http://servicedogcentral.org/forum/index.php/topic,6909.new.html#new
