Week Two

Digital Accessibility: Legal and Policy Frameworks

Eli conducted a session on digital accessibility, covering legal frameworks, accessible features in Zoom, and a roadmap for discussing digital accessibility laws and compliance requirements. He explained various regulations including the ADA, Section 504, and Section 508, emphasizing the importance of web content accessibility guidelines and compliance deadlines. The session concluded with discussions on enforcement trends, risk management strategies, and specific questions about third-party content accessibility, including responsibilities and compliance requirements for different types of documents and platforms.

Digital Accessibility Legal Framework Overview

Eli begins the session on digital accessibility, legal and policy frameworks. He outlines the accessible features available in Zoom and provides contact information for Santa Fe Community College's student accessibility services. Eli then presents the roadmap for the session, which includes an overview of digital accessibility laws, a focus on ADA compliance for websites and apps, enforcement trends, and best practices. He mentions that this is part of a series of six sessions, with future topics including practical implementation of web content accessibility guidelines.

Next Steps

1. All attendees to review and familiarize themselves with the new ADA Title 2 regulations for digital accessibility compliance.

2. All attendees to check if their organization falls under the 50,000+ or under 50,000 population category to determine their compliance deadline (April 2026 or April 2027 respectively).

3. All attendees to assess their current digital content for potential archiving or exceptions based on the criteria discussed.

4. All attendees to consider assigning a digital accessibility coordinator within their organization.

5. All attendees to review and update vendor contracts to include language requiring compliance with ADA and WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

6. All attendees to create or update internal accessibility policies and procedures.

7. OCR tools in Adobe DC for improving accessibility of existing PDF documents.

8. All attendees to evaluate their websites and apps for compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

9. All attendees to prepare for the next session focusing on practical implementation of web accessibility guidelines.

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