American Airlines is being sued by the EEOC after allegedly keeping a blind reservations agent on unpaid leave for nearly four years, refusing to make screen reader software work, and then firing her. The case is now turning into a fight over whether the airline can block testing of its software systems after claiming the technology could not reasonably accommodate her disability.
American Airlines Fired A Blind Reservations Agent After Four Years Of Unpaid Leave — EEOC Sues