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North Carolina Advocates to Make Voting Accessible to People with Disabilities

Introduction State and local governments face challenges in ensuring that election content is accessible to voters with disabilities. Some states have restrictive laws that limit the rights of voters with disabilities. In such cases, the only recourse left for disability advocates and disabled voters are the courts. A coalition of groups in North Carolina including […]

How Improving Document Accessibility Enables State And Local Governments to Better Serve Their Constituents

Overview Gone are the days when an American citizen had to visit their nearest government agency to apply for a job, file tax returns, or renew their driver’s license. Most, if not all, of these services are now being offered online via government websites. With the pandemic still at large combined with the fact that […]

Senate Committee urges Veteran Affairs and the Justice Department to Improve Access to Federal Technology

Introduction Senate lawmakers are pressing the Justice Department and Veteran Affairs, along with other federal agencies, to improve the accessibility of their online services. Accessibility is important to a broad swath of taxpayers who rely every day on information and services provided by the federal government. About 61 million American adults or 26% population, live […]

Department of Justice announces intent to adopt Web Accessibility Regulations for State & Local Governments

Justice Department to Issue First-Ever Rules on Web Accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Introduction In July 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its intention to adopt new rules setting forth web accessibility standards for state and local government agencies. These entities are regulated under Title II of […]

Texas A&M team translates thousands of pages of math into Braille

A Texas A&M Disability Resources Team is committed to ensure courses are accessible to all students. The Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University had more than 2,300 pages worth of math coursework that were inaccessible to students who are visually impaired. Historically students with visual impairment have been unable to fully access STEM courses. […]

Department of Education and OCR Launch 100 new compliance reviews for digital accessibility

Are you ready for OCR compliance review at your school? How many times has a student with disability in your class used an online learning resource that is not accessible? Under the U.S. Department of Education, the Office for Civil Rights is ramping up compliance reviews for online learning, school websites, and platforms used by […]

US Department of Education Plans Public Input on Amendments to Section 504

Introduction Forty-five years after publication of the regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the landmark disability civil rights law, the U.S. Department of Education announced plans to gather public input on possible amendments to those regulations in order to strengthen and protect the rights of students with disabilities. Section 504 prohibits […]

Automated vs manual web accessibility testing

Introduction More organizations have started to understand the importance of digital accessibility. This has led to the use of new resources to analyze the compatibility of websites with disabled online users. Businesses are leveraging tons of new resources to analyze conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Due to the ever-evolving tech industry and […]

How does SEO help with digital accessibility?

Introduction SEO stands for search engine optimization in the digital marketing industry. It is the process of optimizing your content pieces for search engines like Google. The main purpose behind this process is to push your content piece before a larger audience base on the internet. In 2022, SEO has been one of the most […]

ADA Compliance Checklist for Local Governments

Introduction The number of ADA related lawsuits has skyrocketed from 3503 cases in 2020 to 4055 in 2021. It is set to increase even more in 2022. With the number of increasing lawsuits, online accessibility is a big issue for local governments. Unfortunately compliance is not always straightforward. As a local government clerk or administrator, […]

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