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WCAG is Not the Law (or Legal Standard under the ADA) But Plaintiffs' Lawyers Love Its Technical Requirements
Kris Rivenburgh explains that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are not the law and they never are.
The current legal standard under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is meaningful access. WCAG may be incorporated into the law, but these accessibility guidelines are technical standards.
This is why WCAG compliance is improper terminology, we must be in compliance with the law, but not technical standards. Even though Section 508 has incorporated WCAG 2.0 AA into its standards, WCAG is still not the law.
Moreover, perfect WCAG conformance is a gray area, because a digital asset can still be accessible despite not meeting one or more success criteria.
Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.
Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:
https://youtube.com/@adabook
Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisrivenburgh
The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.
Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.
Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets. You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.
Transcript:
https://adabook.com/ada-compliance-wcag-not-legal-standard-websites/
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By Kris RivenburghKris Rivenburgh explains that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are not the law and they never are.
The current legal standard under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is meaningful access. WCAG may be incorporated into the law, but these accessibility guidelines are technical standards.
This is why WCAG compliance is improper terminology, we must be in compliance with the law, but not technical standards. Even though Section 508 has incorporated WCAG 2.0 AA into its standards, WCAG is still not the law.
Moreover, perfect WCAG conformance is a gray area, because a digital asset can still be accessible despite not meeting one or more success criteria.
Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.
Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:
https://youtube.com/@adabook
Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisrivenburgh
The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.
Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.
Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets. You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.
Transcript:
https://adabook.com/ada-compliance-wcag-not-legal-standard-websites/