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Federal agencies have to make sure the technology they develop, procure, maintain or use gives people with disabilities comparable access. State and local governments have to make the web content and apps they provide conform, including what they provide through contracts, and so do organizations whose programs get HHS money. The practice tests your product by hand, writes the conformance report your buyers ask for, and retests as you fix.
The rule follows the buyer, and the buyer's contract carries it to you.
When an agency develops, procures, maintains or uses technology, it has to make sure employees and members of the public with disabilities get comparable access. The Section 508 Standards use WCAG 2.0 Level AA for electronic content, and buyers ask for an Accessibility Conformance Report.
29 U.S.C. 794d(a)(1)(A); 36 CFR Part 1194
Web content and mobile apps a public entity provides directly or through contractual, licensing or other arrangements have to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA: from April 26, 2027 for entities of 50,000 or more, and from April 26, 2028 for smaller ones and special districts.
28 CFR 35.200(a) and (b)
Organizations with fifteen or more employees whose programs get HHS money, even through a city or state, owe WCAG 2.1 Level AA for the web content and apps they provide directly or through contracts from May 11, 2027, and smaller ones from May 10, 2028.
45 CFR 84.84(a) and (b)
A public accommodation can't deny people the chance to take part directly or through contractual, licensing or other arrangements, so a vendor's checkout or registration platform is part of the buyer's obligation.
28 CFR 36.202(a)
Messaging, VoIP and interoperable video conferencing products answer to the accessibility rules for advanced communications services under the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
47 CFR Part 14
Section 508 uses WCAG 2.0 AA. Title II and the HHS rule use WCAG 2.1 AA. A report tested to 2.0 alone won't answer a state or local buyer from 2027.
36 CFR 1194 E205.4; 28 CFR 35.200(b); 45 CFR 84.84(b)
When a city, a state agency or a federally funded program provides your product to the public, its obligation travels through the contract to you. Title II's web rule covers content a public entity provides directly or through contractual, licensing or other arrangements, and the HHS Section 504 rule says the same of its recipients. Federal agencies buy against Section 508, which uses WCAG 2.0 AA. State and local buyers need WCAG 2.1 AA, starting April 26, 2027 for the largest.
Find the row that describes you today. The row under it is the work.
29 U.S.C. 794d(a)(1)(A)
36 CFR Part 1194, Appendix A, E205.4
28 CFR 35.200(b)
28 CFR 35.200(a); 45 CFR 84.84(a)
W3C Accessibility Maturity Model, as the benchmark
A row describes how the work runs. It isn't a finding that a product conforms.
The practice tests, reports and retests. Your team owns the product and every fix.
No. The VPAT is ITI's template. Once it's completed for a product, it becomes an Accessibility Conformance Report. The report states what the product does. Testing is what makes the statement true.
ITI VPAT 2.5Rev
WCAG 2.1 Level AA covers Title II and the HHS rule and includes every WCAG 2.0 criterion, so the same test feeds the WCAG part of a Section 508 report. A 508 report also covers functional performance, software and support documentation.
WCAG 2.1; 36 CFR Part 1194
No. Your developers fix. The practice specifies each fix, retests it by hand and keeps the record. It doesn't sell an overlay or an automated fix.
ADA Access for All is not a law firm. The work is built to be usable by your counsel and your buyer's.
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