Hello, everyone! A year ago, I announced I had left Microsoft and was joining Converge Accessibility as a consultant. In that announcement, I shared what I loved about my Microsoft experience and my goals for moving forward. It’s been a…
SaaS Products and Accessibility
A week ago, a business colleague asked me if the ADA covered SaaS (software as a service) products and the conversation was interesting enough that I thought a blog post was in order—both to share with others and to help…
Legal Update: December 2023
Happy New Year! 2023 was a good year for Converge Accessibility. In terms of legal cases, however, the year ended fairly quietly. How to Satisfy the “Intent to Return” Requirement in the Second Circuit Over the last year or so,…
A Beginner’s Guide to Litigating a Web Accessibility Case
This is a blog post I’ve been meaning to put together for a long time. At Converge Accessibility, we get contacted by a lot of attorneys (mostly defense but sometimes a plaintiff attorney here and there) and it’s amazing to…
Legal Update: November 2023
It was a slow month in my Lexis feed this month… A Web Accessibility Case from Illinois? As we all know, web accessibility cases are almost always filed in one of three venues: New York, Florida, and California. This has…
Legal Update: October 2023
Anyone who knows me will know that I hate the end of summer. I’m really blessed to live in the Pacific Northwest; the weather is always moderate, we never get too hot or too cold, and we don’t have drenching…
Conducting a Moderated Usability Testing for Screen Reader Users and Keyboard Navigation Users
This post on usability testing is being re-published with permission by Evelyn Sakura Brokering from her original post on Medium.com. Note: I would like to mention that although I have tried my best to write in non-offensive language regarding people’s…
Read Our DOJ Web Accessibility Comments!
Last Tuesday, the Department of Justice’s comment period for it’s draft Title II web accessibility rule closed. At Converge, we were asked to help write comments on behalf of one of our clients and also submitted our own. Here is…
Legal Update: September 2023
Summer is clearly winding down up here in Seattle. And it seems that attorneys are slowly getting back to work. This month, we’ve got quite a bit to discuss. How Some States are Trying to Curb Excessive Web Accessibility Litigation…
First Steps to an Accessible Website (Part 9)
Overview In this ninth installment of our series on creating an accessible website, we delve into the world of skip links, also known as skip navigation links or skip to main links. Skip links are a vital component of web…