Kris Rivenburgh explains the release of WCAG 2.2 in a legal context.  Because WCAG 2.2 is still a working draft as of the date of this video, we can't expect this new version to be incorporated into the law in 2023.

It's also highly unlikely that any plaintiff's law firm will make a claim that cites to 2.2 success criteria.  While litigation (lawsuits, demand letters) are unlikely to cite  specific claims, what is worth paying attention to is whether any authorities such as the Department of Justice (DOJ) or Access Board reference WCAG 2.2 AA in rulemaking or legal activity.

The Department of Justice is set to issue a Notice of Proposed  Rulemaking for website accessibility under Title II of the ADA (public entities).  The Access Board may soon decide to update Section 508 to incorporate a newer version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as it currently uses WCAG 2.0.

Watch Kris explain the difference between WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA:

https://youtu.be/7vD0FnHJOR8

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/.

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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/will-wcag-2-2-aa-legally-required-2023/