Is it you or somone else? In our decades of working with various groups on digital accessibility, one thing has become very clear – most feel that addressing accessibility is someone else’s responsibility. When it comes to web specific content,…
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Rethinking Standing in Web Accessibility
Venturing Into Uncomfortable Places Readers of this blog know that I spend a lot of time talking about “standing to sue.” For instance, I’ve talked about it in the context of Rizzi v. Hilton Domestic Operating Co. (E.D.N.Y. 2020) and…
Using CSS 3 Overflow Properties to Make Containers Meet WCAG 2.1
There are a host of WCAG 2.1 Success Criteria that prohibit text from getting truncated or overlaps other content, such as, when text is resized (1.4.4 Resize Text), when content is zoomed across browsers (1.4.10 Reflow) when text or line…
Legal Update: August 2021
I always get depressed towards the end of summer and all the signs of fall are popping up here in Seattle. We may as well talk about something FUN– like litigation! While this month has been a bit slow, litigation-wise,…
Choosing the Right Disabled Users for TestingA joint posting with our partners at Outlook Business Solutions
Every week, the team at Converge Accessibility meets for two hours with Greg Rogers from Outlook Business Solutions to develop test scripts that users with disabilities can leverage in testing websites for compliance with the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines…
Join Us at Digital Accessibility Legal Summit 2021
This year, I am honored to be the Keynote Speaker kicking off the Digital Accessibility Legal Summit 2021! It should be a great event. The Third Annual Digital Accessibility Summit The premier event for digital accessibility legal practitioners. Come join…
Accessibility Testing and iFrames
Keeping an Eye on the iFrame A few weeks ago, my colleague Ken Nakata, was talking with a colleague at a digital publishing house about the new accessibility test scripts that we developed in WebAlign. These are designed to enable…
Legal Update: July 2021
Ah, July in Seattle is a special experience! Warm sunny days with little humidity. The sun sparkling on Lake Washington with Mount Rainier in the background. Frankly, at this time of year, there is no place in the world I…
Watch Our Presentation with Equal Entry
Presentation with Equal Entry This last Thursday (July 22), Ken Nakata presented with our friends, former coworkers, and ongoing partners at Equal Entry to discuss the Winn-Dixie opinion. Didn’t You Just Talk About Winn-Dixie? Yes, indeed, I did just talk about Winn-Dixie…
Why Can Manual Accessibility Testing Take Longer Than Expected?
AKA The Pitfalls of Accessibility Testing Have you ever had a simple project around the house that spiraled out of control? For example, that dripping bathroom faucet. Along with that constant drip…drip…drip, there is also a nagging voice reminding you…