Digital Accessibility Legal Update - CSUNATC 2017 (CSUN)

Digital A11y Legal Update#CSUNATC17

03.01.17LAINEY FEINGOLD

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LINDA DARDARIANGBDHLEGAL.COM

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Presentation Roadmap

US law about digital accessStrategies ResultsElephants

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U.S. Digital Accessibility

Law

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Anyone can put the law in their pocket

Disabled people#WebDevs | #UXDesignersBudget-ersAnd lawyers

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Accessibility is….

A civil right

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Federal LawsADA

Employment (I)Public Sector (II)Private Sector (III)

ADA Web Regulations?

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More Federal LawsFederally funded ICT (504)Federal ICT Procurement (508)

Airline disability law CVAA

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State and Local Laws

State funded programsState procurement ITState anti-discrimination lawsLocal laws

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Laws = Foundation

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Without Strategies….

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U.S. Strategies for Enforcement

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Advocate’s Toolbox#1 Agency Complaints ++#2 Litigation#3 Structured Negotiation

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Strategy #1 – Gov’t Agency

DOJState AGsDept. of EdFCC

Ada.gov/access-technology

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Strategy #2 - Lawsuits

……..AND…

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More Lawsuit Wins!

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Strategy #3 – Structured Negotiation

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More Structured Negotiation Win-

Wins!

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Laws + Strategies

Results

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Digital Access Rights to…

EducationFinanceMoviesSportsTransportation

VotingHealthcareWorkPublic info

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Digital Access Rights for..

StudentsHomeownersMovie fansSports fansTransit riders

VotersPatientsEmployeesCitizens

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Good Strategies Make Access Stick

Agreements require. . .

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Web and Mobile ++WCAG 2.0 AAWeb Accessibility CoordinatorIndependent consultantTrain all staff

Add to performance evaluationsPost a policyHomepage AIPUse a testing toolUsability Testing

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Elephant #1: It’s 2017….

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Threats to #a11y progress

Anti-class-action legislationState roll-backsAnti-government philosophy +

actions

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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

The Best Defense…..

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Web and Mobile +WCAG 2.0 AAWeb Accessibility CoordinatorIndependent consultantTrain all staff

Add to performance evaluationsPost a policyHomepage AIPUse a testing toolUsability Testing

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A11y Remains a Civil Right

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LFLegal.com/book

Stories!Strategies!A11y!

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Why Structured Negotiation Works for

Digital #a11y

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SN Meetings

Talk!Share!Empathy!Show don’t tell

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ExpertsJoint expertsClientsCost Savings

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More InformationHigher Ed Updates: http://bit.ly/HigherEda11y A11y Legal Updates: http://LFLegal.com Seyfarth ADA Blog: http://www.adatitleiii.com/

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