I’ll keep this post short. Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that amends HHS’s Section 504 regulation. Overall, this is a positive step. Section 504 protects people with disabilities…
New DOJ Web Accessibility Regulation is a Disaster
Life seems so much brighter a week ago when the Disability Rights Section (DRS) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent their new web accessibility regulation to the Federal Register. At the time, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who leads…
Meet Laura Ruby!Laura Ruby’s consulting services are available through Converge Accessibility
Jeff and I are thrilled to announce that Laura Ruby is offering accessibility and inclusion consulting services through Converge Accessibility! Laura brings thought leadership and a broad set of solutions for public, private, and non-government organizations who want to increase…
Website and Software Applications Accessibility Act Introduced
This is a short post passing on the news that my wife (Laura Ruby) read about on NFB’s site today that Senators Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Sarbanes (D-Md.) introduced the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (S. 4998) and (H.R. 9021)…
Podcast with HB Litigation Conferences
Podcast with HB Litigation Conferences Just a quick heads up for those of you who follow podcasts. Hiram Kuykendall, Chief Technology Officer at MicroAssist and I participated in an interesting podcast on the Role of Litigation and Regulation in Making…
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…
Refining Harm in Web Accessibility Cases: Harty v. West Point Realty
I Missed It… Each morning, my (cough, overpriced, cough) Lexis account gives me a report on all of the new web accessibility cases. I have the first alert set up pretty broadly to first catch every ADA case. ((access! /5…
Why We Should Be Disappointed by DOJ’s Web Accessibility Guidance
New Guidance on Web Accessibility from the Department of Justice Last Friday, my friend Josef Pevsner was the first person to reach out to me with exciting news– there was new guidance from the Department of Justice for web accessibility!…
Did You Miss It?!
DEI Program Presentation A couple of weeks ago, we had the privilege of presenting with some friends at the 37th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity. One of the sessions Ken presented live with Natalie Hadley from…
Join Us at PacRim 2022
ALOHA!!! Mark your calendars! We’re heading back (virtually) to take part in PacRim 2022 between February 28 and March 1! It would really be nice to have COVID in the rearview mirror because I love attending this conference in Honolulu.…