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The Difference Between WCAG A and WCAG AA Conformance?

The WCAG criteria aim to make web content more accessible to a wider audience of people with disabilities. All success criteria are important access issues for people.

2 months ago
Jonathan Avila In Article (New), Developer / IT (New), Product (New), UX (New), WCAG, WCAG (New)

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Inaccessible Healthcare Websites: The Risk of Litigation and Patients’ Health

Original Presentation Date: January 16, 2020 We get it, healthcare providers need to comply under a lot of accessibility laws. Section 1557, Section 504, ADA.

2 months ago
Shannon George In ADA (New), Developer / IT (New), Finland (New), Healthcare (New), Marketing (New), Section 1557 of the ACA, Section 1557 of the ACA (New), Section 508, Section 508 (New), Webinar (New)

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How Does Accessibility Impact Healthcare Patient Privacy?

If you receive funding from HHS or other federal agencies, the law requires you to make your information and communications technology accessible to people with disabilities. If you have not audited your systems for accessibility, that is a great place to start.

2 months ago
Shannon George In Article (New), Developer / IT (New), Healthcare (New), Laws and Standards (New), Marketing (New), United States (New)

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Digital Accessibility for Regional Telecom Providers

Home is where the WiFi connects automatically and your TV has all your favorite shows recorded. But telecommunications services and hardware are not always easy.

4 months ago
Ryan Diehl In Article (New), Audio Description (New), Captioning (New), CVAA (New), FCC (New), Federal Government (New), Marketing (New), Product (New), State & Local Government (New), Telecommunication (New), UX (New)

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To ACAA and Beyond: Taking Accessibility to the Next Level

Learn more about the ways airlines can harness the immense value of accessibility into measurable return on investment, and the three most important considerations for airlines when it comes to digital accessibility in 2019.

4 months ago
Kim Phillips In Accessibility Best Practices (New), Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) (New), Airlines (New), Hospitality & Travel (New), Travel & Hospitality Industry, Webinar (New), Webinars

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Access to All, or Else: California Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Decision Affirming Equal Online Access

Thanks to the unanimous ruling from White v. Square, slip op. at 16 (Cal. Aug. 12, 2019), a formal agreement or willingness to transact with.

5 months ago
Timothy Stephen Springer In Article (New), Financial (New), Hardware (New), Healthcare (New), Hospitality & Travel (New), Lawsuits (New), Legal (New), Retail (New), Software (New), Telecommunication (New), United States (New)

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Reporting Accessibility with VPAT 2: A Guide for Vendors

As the demand for accessible technology grows, so does the demand for product manufacturers and vendors to formally document their product’s or service’s conformance with accessibility standards.

5 months ago
Kim Phillips In Accessibility Trends (New), Accessibility UX (New), European Accessibility Act (New), European Union (New), Evaluating Accessibility (New), Legal (New), Section 508 (New), UX (New), VPAT (New), WCAG (New), Webinar (New)

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How we do our work matters: Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Many people use accessibility and inclusive design as interchangeable terms. However, they are not the same thing. Accessibility is an outcome, and inclusive design is.

5 months ago
Derek Featherstone In Accessibility UX (New), Article (New), Developer / IT (New), Evaluating Accessibility (New), Marketing (New), Product (New), UX (New), WCAG (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

Navigating VPAT 2: A Guide for Vendors

Reporting Accessibility with VPAT 2 The landscape of digital accessibility has changed quite a bit since the original Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) was created.

6 months ago
Kim Phillips In Developer / IT (New), Product (New), Section 508 (New), UX (New), VPAT (New), WCAG (New), White Paper (New)

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Will the U.S. Supreme Court Hear Domino’s v. Robles? If They Do, What Could Happen?

Part III: Our crystal ball is getting even clearer. As we wrote about back in July, of the thousands of digital accessibility cases winding their.

6 months ago
Timothy Stephen Springer In ADA (New), Article (New), Hospitality & Travel (New), Lawsuits (New), Legal (New), Restaurants (New), Section 508 (New), WCAG (New)