Last week the Worldwide Web Consortium formally approved WCAG 2.2 as the most up-to-date international standard for web accessibility. Version one of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines dates ...

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"Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive" Here we find guidelines such as providing alternate text for non-text content (including things like ...

The WCAG technical standards are a globally recognized and technologically neutral set of voluntary web content accessibility guidelines developed by the WAI “with a goal of providing a single shared ...

An update has been published to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, the standards that have been applied by many courts in the absence of website accessibility regulations by the ...

The idea of “mobile-first” in relation to the prioritization of web content design elements has been around for well over a decade and yet a codified set of mobile-specific international guidelines to ...

Website accessibility lawsuits in the United States are becoming more common. In fact, industry analysts note that the number of web accessibility lawsuits has grown 19.8% this year and that retailers ...

Content editors play an important role in ensuring RIT’s online content is accessible. According to the Web Accessibility Initiative, web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are ...

This article analyzes recent developments in patent and IP law, arguing that conflating Internet accessibility guidelines with ADA violations can mislead businesses into unnecessary legal risks. It ...