COAT Affiliates American Council of the Blind and American Foundation for the Blind were instrumental in ensuring web site accessibility for a major retail drugstore chain, Rite Aid, recently. On May 1, Rite Aid announced a nationwide accessibility initiative for Rite Aid customers with visual impairments and other disabilities. Rite Aid will ensure its Web site meets guidelines issued by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (w3c). Rite Aid has also begun installing new point of sale equipment with tactile keypads to protect the privacy and security of all shoppers who have difficulty entering numbers on a flat screen. The initiative is the result of collaboration between Rite Aid and major organizations including the American Foundation for the Blind, American Council of the Blind and California Council of the Blind.  The drugstore chain has more than 5,000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia and 2008 annual revenues of more than $24 billion. Read the press release.