This episode is a reading of Chapter 2 from Real. Relevant. Required.: A Practitioner's Guide to ADA Title II Digital Accessibility for State and Local Government by Becky Rehorn. The DOJ's April 2024 final rule is 90 pages long. Most practitioners will never read it. Chapter 2 breaks down what the rule actually requires in plain language: the technical standard (WCAG 2.1 Level AA), the compliance deadlines as updated by the April 2026 Interim Final Rule, the limited exceptions, the equivalent facilitation provision, and how the rule interacts with existing obligations under Section 504 and Title VI. No legal jargon. No speculation. Just what the rule says and what it means for the people responsible for meeting it. For the next several weeks, Access Brief is sharing chapters from the book. Regular episodes return in July. The book is available now on Amazon.

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