Start of a New Series For the third time in just this week, I got into this conversation with another accessibility colleague through LinkedIn. Let me know if this sounds familiar? ME: As most of clients are not at a…
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Microlearning and WebAlign
Sign Up Now for WebAlign What is Microlearning? Unless you’re completely removed from training, you’ve probably heard business people talk about “microlearning.” The idea behind micro-learning is to simply deliver tiny training modules as a kind of on-the-job training. This…
Testing the Limits of Standing
It may seem odd to publish a blog post late Friday afternoon. However, just yesterday, I presented at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference and provided a legal update on web accessibility litigation. This is a presentation I give on a…
Are Your Vendors Living Up to Their Accessibility Promises?
A Dirty Not-So-Little Secret Consulting is a rough business. It’s hard to get rich. The work is constant and involves a lot of late nights. And the only guarantee that you’ll have a roof over your head tomorrow is winning…
Converge Accessibility is at Accessing Higher Ground!
What? This week marks the start of the 23rd Annual Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference; for Higher Education, Business and the Public Sphere. Converge Accessibility is honored to be able to support this year’s conference as…
Is There Such a Thing as an “ADA Compliant” Website?
What’s All the Fuss About? I’m going to go on a little rant here, so please bear with me… As everyone knows, lawyers can be real sticklers when it comes to wording and I’m no exception. So when I hear…
Interesting Recent Cases on Standing, Mootness and Jurisdiction
Overview In my last post, I noted that new web accessibility lawsuits seem to be slowing down. I suspect the error is a Lexis problem as I just don’t see a nation of litigious plaintiff attorneys foregoing such an easy…
Are Web Accessibility Lawsuits Slowing Down?
Recent Litigation Trend As many of you know, I keep a running feed in Lexis of new web accessibility lawsuits. Recently, I’ve noticed something very strange going on: web accessibility lawsuits have stopped. I’m not saying “slowed down.” Instead, it…
First Steps to an Accessible Website (Part 3)
Welcome Back! In Part 1 we discussed having an Accessibility Statement on your website. In Part 2 we covered making sure that images on your website have an appropriate ALT attribute. Just those two actions alone can greatly reduce the…
Making Web Accessibility Easy
One Heck of a Webinar! As not that many people give webinars on the intersection of law and technology in web accessibility, my webinars have always been pretty popular. Typically, when I was at AppGate, I would get about 150…