This is Part 1 in a series describing my recent experiments to promote accessibility in state and local governments—whether they like it or not! 😉 It’s a completely new venture for me and I’ve only started a month ago. If…
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Legal Update: November 2021
I’ve always found autumn to be a time of contemplation, a period to look back on the year’s high and low points. And so it was with the courts this month. November continued October’s trend with tons of new filings…
Couldn’t Make it to Accessing Higher Ground? Watch Our Legal Presentation!
Each year, I do a few presentations that give an introduction to web accessibility. I’ve done this a few times at Accessing Higher Ground, which I’ve been presenting at each year for the past 20 years. If you’re new to…
This is Getting Doggone Ridiculous!
Here we go…still! Last week I posted about The “ABC” of Accessibility Services. The gist of that post was to highlight that, with the increase in awareness around creating and maintaining accessible digital content and the number of newcomers now…
The “ABC” of Accessibility Services
Digital Accessibility Awareness Is on the Rise The subject of digital content accessibility has grown in popularity. Many organizations and businesses who never thought about accessibility are now aware that they should be focusing on and creating accessible content, even…
Legal Update: October 2021
While there were a ton of new filings this month, it seemed like there were relatively few interesting judicial opinions. Nevertheless, there were a few interesting topics that came up this month. Self-Serve Kiosks and the ADA In my last…
Can Web Developers be Sued for the Inaccessible Sites They Create for Clients?
How Did This Question Come Up? While I was attending the Digital Accessibility Legal Summit this year after my opening keynote, an interesting question came up during one of the sessions: “can web developers be sued under the ADA for…
First Steps to an Accessible Website (Part 5)
Descriptive Link Text This is Part 5 of our “First Steps to An Accessible Website” blog series! In this post we are going to review how to describe the purpose of a link using its link text and its surrounding…
Couldn’t Make it to the Digital Accessibility Legal Summit? Watch Our Keynote!
Let’s face it… web accessibility is broken in our country. It’s broken legally. And it’s broken technologically. But there’s a bigger problem here– and that’s ableism and the lack of clear requirements. If you agree, watch my dry run for…
Legal Update: September 2021
It’s Friday afternoon, but you won’t see this post until Monday morning. I’m spending this weekend mildly frantic. Why? Well, because it’s conference season and I have a keynote presentation at DALS 2021 coming up. I recently took a count and…