Issue #399
Featured: The impact of recent U.S. Federal rulemaking on web and digital accessibility
“Recently, we have seen significant movement in Federal policy on web and digital accessibility. Specifically, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which is enforced by the Department of Justice, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, as implemented by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), now include specific accessibility requirements for websites, mobile apps, and kiosks (more on kiosks later). They both include specific standards, implementation timelines, and some notable exceptions. These two updates represent a huge step forward in protecting the civil rights of individuals who require digital accessibility.”
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Sponsored: How to get organizational buy-in for digital accessibility
Accessible websites boost business, are essential to DEI, and are simply the right thing to do. As with many strategic projects, organization buy-in can be critical to getting them off the ground.
Explore Mangrove’s tips for a compelling business case to get your accessibility project moving.
News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Announcing the Compose Accessibility Techniques for Android™ open source project (blog post) - scribe.rip/cvs-health-tech-blog)
- Why are there no mobile accessibility guidelines in WCAG? (blog post - accessarmada.com)
- Inside the Google Accessibility Discovery Centre, London (webinar) - abilitynet-org-uk.zoom.us)
- Impact of fediverse clients on the use of alt text (blog post) - stefanbohacek.com)
- Enhancing website accessibility: Practical solutions and insights (webinar – o3world.zoom.us)
- Making web content and mobile apps accessible– A new guide for small governments (blog post) – convergeaccessibility.com
- I’m a creative director with Dyslexia, AI takes my creativity to places I never imagined (blog post – printmag.com)
- Alt left (blog post – html5accessibility.com
- Perfect timing for new WCAG 3 guideline considerations (blog post – cerovac.com/a11y)
- Masonry and reading order (blog post – rachelandrew.co.uk
- Survey on the experiences and perspectives of image describers (blog post – tilburghumanities.eu.qualtrics.com)
- Tech writing for accessibility self-study (resource – developers.google.com
- Health and Human Services issues rule to prevent disability discrimination (blog post – equalentry.com
- Mobile tabs part 1 – Native APIs (blog post – tpgi.com
- Building web accessibility momentum in APAC (blog post – deque.com
- People with commonly autocorrected names call for tech firms to fix problem (article – theguardian.com
New to A11y
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