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Re: thoughts from Jim Thatcher re the DoJ ANPRM

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From: Terrill Thompson
Date: Jan 21, 2011 1:24PM

Jim Thatcher recommends that the DOJ require only Level A WCAG 2.0 success criteria (plus one Level AA criterion, related to visible focus for keyboard users). His argument is that "level AA is too strong, too complicated, too much." His response lists all the Level A success criteria in order to reinforce that these are enough (there are 26 of them).

However, we should also consider the thirteen Level AA success criteria - these are the ones that would *not* be required if the ADA only require Level AA.

I've created a paraphrased list of them all here: http://bit.ly/h7iKGU

If you have an opinion as to how strong the ADA requirements should be, you only have until Monday (January 24) to let the DOJ know! Here are instructions for submitting a comment:
http://www.ada.gov/anprm2010/anprm2010_comment.htm

Terrill Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist, University of Washington