Digital accessibility is addressed in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act to be exact. It requires all federal agencies and departments to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities, including both employees and members of the public. This includes websites, PDFs, and digital kiosks. The requirements also apply to federal government digital procurement as well as some bodies that receive federal funding.
Accessibility Training
Federal Digital Accessibility: Fulfilling the Demands of Section 508
Help! How Do I Get Started on Accessibility?
So you’ve just learned about accessibility. Now what? The good news is that it’s never too late and there are steps you can take to make an immediate impact. But what should you do first?
A Guide to the 7 Digital Accessibility Myths
When you work in digital accessibility, you hear a lot of things from customers, designers, developers, and agencies that just aren’t correct. Most are genuine misconceptions, but that doesn’t mean they’re harmless. At best, organizations can end up overspending on accessibility. But they also let organizations psych themselves out of pursuing greater accessibility out of fear that it will be too expensive or too difficult. And at worst, orgs might think they are accessibility conformant but are actually increasing their legal risk while missing out on the business benefits of digital accessibility.
Planning Content Accessibility Training for Your Organization
Even if your website is technically coded to be 100% ADA compliant, your content authors and editors also need to know how to write and structure accessible content. Providing content accessibility training is a way of communicating to internal teams that digital accessibility and compliance with the ADA is a priority.