In New York you will commonly see a violation of the New York State Human Rights Law as a cause of action for a complaint centered around website inaccessibility. So what is the New York State Human Rights Law? Well this is just this is just a law that prevents or prohibits discrimination based on … Read more
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires federal agencies to make their technology accessible to people with disabilities. And that applies to whether they’re- they work for the federal government or not. So, specifically, Section 508 requires federal agencies to develop, procure, maintain, and use information and communications technology (ICT) that is accessible to people … Read more
The terms policy and statement are often used interchangeably when referring to the notice that we provide on our website regarding accessibility, but they are different. There is a difference between a statement and a policy. And so with a statement, this is going to be that notice that is available on your website, it’s … Read more
When you are purchasing accessibility services it’s very important to understand what you are being sold and what you actually need. So keep the focus in on we want to make our digital asset accessible, how do we do that? Well first you have to find the accessibility issues that exist and then you have … Read more
if a vendor does not offer any manual services for website accessibility, then they are only going to offer marginal benefit in making your website accessible. And I’ve seen this happen too many times where people pay for these vendors and they think that they’re getting a service, a professional service but they’re not. What … Read more