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It's worth remembering that there is a substantial gray area about the extent to which the ADA applies to websites, even government ones. If WebAIM is finding v
by ferdowsi 5y ago
It's worth remembering that there is a substantial gray area about the extent to which the ADA applies to websites, even government ones. If WebAIM is finding violations with WCAG 2.1, there's even less of a legal basis. Much of the legal thinking is based on reading between the lines of DOJ letters and wildly different state/federal lawsuit rulings.
It's odd we haven't heard much about a current push from disability advocates to pass clearly worded web accessibility regulation in Congress now that there is a regulation friendly government in power.
- faeriechangling 5y agoIt's a pretty good idea. Even a flawed set of standards would help to promote accessible web design and make it fast and inexpensive to make a website that more people can use beyond the ones used today.