This document summarizes a presentation on digital accessibility laws in the United States and strategies for enforcement. It discusses that the ADA and other federal and state laws establish digital accessibility as a civil right. It outlines three strategies for enforcement, including filing complaints with government agencies, accessibility lawsuits, and structured negotiations. The results of these efforts have led to expanded digital access for education, employment, movies, voting and other areas. Potential threats to accessibility progress are also addressed.

1. Digital A11y Legal
Update
#CSUNATC17
03.01.17
LAINEY FEINGOLD
@LFLEGAL
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LINDA DARDARIAN
GBDHLEGAL.COM

2. Presentation Roadmap
US law about
digital access
Strategies
Results
Elephants
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3. U.S. Digital
Accessibility Law
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4. Anyone can put the law in
their pocket
Disabled people
#WebDevs | #UX
Designers
Budget-ers
And lawyers
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5. Accessibility is….
A civil right
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6. Federal Laws
ADA
Employment (I)
Public Sector (II)
Private Sector (III)
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7. ADA Web
Regulations?

8. More Federal Laws
Federally
funded ICT (504)
Federal ICT
Procurement
(508)
Airline disability
law
CVAA
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9. State and Local Laws
State funded
programs
State
procurement IT
State anti-
discrimination
laws
Local laws
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10. Laws = Foundation
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11. Without Strategies….
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12. U.S. Strategies for
Enforcement
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13. Advocate’s Toolbox
#1 Agency
Complaints ++
#2 Litigation
#3 Structured
Negotiation
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14. Strategy #1 – Gov’t Agency
DOJ
State AGs
Dept. of Ed
FCC
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Ada.gov/access-technology

15. Strategy #2 - Lawsuits
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……..AND…

16. More Lawsuit Wins!
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17. Strategy #3 – Structured
Negotiation
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18. More Structured
Negotiation Win-Wins!
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19. Laws
+ Strategies
Results
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20. Digital Access Rights to…
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Education
Finance
Movies
Sports
Transportation
Voting
Healthcare
Work
Public info

21. Digital Access Rights for..
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Students
Homeowners
Movie fans
Sports fans
Transit riders
Voters
Patients
Employees
Citizens

22. Good Strategies Make
Access Stick
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23. Agreements require. . .
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Web and Mobile ++
WCAG 2.0 AA
Web Accessibility
Coordinator
Independent
consultant
Train all staff
Add to performance
evaluations
Post a policy
Homepage AIP
Use a testing tool
Usability Testing

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25. Elephant #1: It’s 2017….
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26. Threats to #a11y
progress
Anti-class-action legislation
State roll-backs
Anti-government philosophy +
actions
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27. Elephant #2: Are there
too many web lawsuits?
1 lawsuit for [appx] every
3.7 million web sites
1 is too many if website is
yours
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28. The Best Defense…..
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Web and Mobile +
WCAG 2.0 AA
Web Accessibility
Coordinator
Independent
consultant
Train all staff
Add to performance
evaluations
Post a policy
Homepage AIP
Use a testing tool
Usability Testing

29. A11y Remains a
Civil Right
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30. LFLegal.com/book
Stories!
Strategies!
A11y!
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31. Why Structured
Negotiation Works
for Digital #a11y
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32. SN Meetings
Talk!
Share!
Empathy!
Show don’t tell
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33. Experts
Joint experts
Clients
Cost Savings
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34. More Information
Higher Ed Updates:
http://bit.ly/HigherEda11y
A11y Legal Updates:
http://LFLegal.com
Seyfarth ADA Blog:
http://www.adatitleiii.com/
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35. Stay In Touch
Lainey
Feingold
@LFLegal
LFLegal.com
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Linda
Dardarian
Gbdhlegal.com
info@Gbdhlegal.
com
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