Ken Nakata, Author at Converge Accessibility

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Best Practices for Overlays– Part 3

I’ll keep this update short. I’m moving further development of the overlays best practices back to email only. If you would like to participate in this discussion, feel free to drop me a message at ken.nakata@convergeaccessibility.com. If you have participated…

Best Practices for Overlays– Part 2

This week, I’m continuing with the second part of my Gaining Clarity on Overlays series. As I mentioned last week, this is part of my work to help the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) develop a set of best…

Best Practices for Overlays

A few months ago, I received an unusual call from Christopher Lee and Mark McCusker at the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP). They asked me to work as a consultant for them in two areas—helping develop a grievance process…

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Legal Update: May 2022

Here’s my monthly legal update a day early! All things considered, May was a pretty slow month in my morning Lexis feed… Stretching the Nexus Requirement: Can a Vending Machine be a Place of Public Accommodation? Courts in California continue…

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Converge Accessibility Presentations (May 2022)

A lot of people have been asking us to present at conferences recently. And, because we’re a new company, we’re happy to have any opportunity to get our name out there. ADA Symposium (May 13) A Little Background One advantage…

Legal Update: April 2022

Narrow Nexus Opinions from the Ninth Circuit For several decades, web accessibility lawsuits in many circuits in the United States require establishing a “nexus” between an (inaccessible) website and a traditional bricks-and-mortar place of public accommodation. And for several decades,…