Ugh. I’m probably one of the only people who hates autumn in the Pacific Northwest. Sure, the colors are beautiful, but I think the colors were even more vibrant where I grew up (Berkshire County in Massachusetts). But autumn in…
Legal Update: August 2024
Up here in Seattle, summer starts and ends late. Even though it’s the end of August, we can expect to see warm, sunny days through early October, but there will also be occasional days that forebode the dark times ahead.…
Two Important AI Developments Affecting Accessibility
Two developments have popped up within the last week that are causing a stir on the internet. While lots of people in the disability community are concerned about AI, relatively little has been said about these two developments in the…
States Can Make Digital Accessibility Easier for Municipalities (Part 3)
This is part 3 of our series for improving digital accessibility considering the new Department of Justice web accessibility regulation. This time, we’re focusing on the leadership and advising role that the state Chief Information Officer (CIO) and state Office…
Legal Update: April 2024
This week, we’re taking a tiny break from our series on state governments and web accessibility to keep up with legal developments over the last month. As I learned (painfully) at the beginning of the month, it’s far better to…
DOJ Issues FINAL Title II Web Accessibility Rule
Today the Department of Justice issued its final Title II web accessibility rule. It’s not truly the “official” rule because the rule isn’t officially published until gets around to being published in the Federal Register. When that happens, the official…
Legal Update Double Issue: February-March 2024
Welcome to our first double-issue Legal Update! I didn’t plan to combine February and March into a single issue, but Jeff and I were swamped with the PacRim Conference. It’s really no fun putting together a double issue because there’s…
Federal Agencies Should Not Follow DOJ’s Lead Right Now
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 Amendment to AB 1757 Encourages Bad Consulting
Three days ago, California’s state senate amended AB 1757. The new amendments are quite sweeping and I’ve saved out a copy of today’s changes in a separate PDF (although you can also see the same changes in the first link…
Thoughts on California AB 1757
The team at Converge Accessibility has been crazy busy this summer on some exciting and very different projects. For instance, we’ve been working with the Government of Canada to help develop new standards under the Accessible Canada Act and we’ve…