New Low in the Accessibility Industry, Overlay Company Sues Globally-Recognized Accessibility Expert

Law Office of Lainey Feingold, Structured Negotiation | Disability Rights, July 11, 2023
This is an article about a lawsuit filed against a digital accessibility advocate named Adrian Roselli. Adrian has been outspoken against a type of software called an overlay. This type of overlay promises to make websites accessible for disabled people with just one line of code. Lainey has criticized this software too. Adrian was sued by AudioEye, a company that sells overlays. It is Lainey’s opinion that this lawsuit is a SLAPP suit. Those initials stand for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. Adrian has been part of an urgent global dialogue about harms caused by overlays. And about their failure to meet the promise of website accessibility. Lainey urges AudioEye and its lawyers at a big global law firm called Akin to drop this lawsuit. AudioEye sells (licenses) an overlay. The company has sued Adrian to stop him from expressing his opinions about the Audio Eye overlay product. It is an opinion shared and documented by many.