2024 U.S. Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold

Digital accessibility is a civil right of people with disabilities, and a lot is happening in the digital accessibility legal space in the United States. Potential new accessibility laws are pending in Congress. 2024 (finally) saw web and mobile accessibility regulations for state and local governments.  Other potential new regulations have been introduced by federal agencies. Using existing law, these same agencies offer guidance about accessibility – including AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools, health tech, higher ed, and more. State governments are passing laws and writing policies impacting digital accessibility.

On the ground, disabled people, both with and without lawyers, use existing laws to advance inclusion in the digital space. Lawsuits are filed, judges make decisions, and accessibility settlements are negotiated. While we must pay attention to the new developments, and we must not wait for them.

The 2024 Digital Accessibility Legal Update shares the latest information about what is happening in the United States in a straightforward way designed for everyone.

Learning Objectives:

• Current legal requirements impacting digital accessibility in the United States, with resources for understanding the global digital accessibility legal framework.
• Updates on major digital access court cases, pending laws, and regulations, government actions, Structured Negotiations, and other settlements in the United States over the past two years.
• Best practices to stay ahead of the digital accessibility legal curve and for talking about the law.
• Ethics in the digital accessibility legal space including centering disabled people and avoiding fear, quick fixes, and shortcuts.

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