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From: Jonathan Metz
Date: Oct 17, 2013 11:04AM

Hi Rachel,

I was fortunate to sit in on Bruce Bailey chat about Accessible Web
Content with WCAG 2.0. You can check out the recording of that web cast
here:
http://www.accessibilityonline.org/Archives/index.php?app=4&;type=transcript
&id=2013-07-11

Bruce made the recommendation that agencies start NOW to adopt the WCAG A
& AA, and they can start to do this through 1194.5, 'Equivalent
facilitation'. While they aren¹t enforceable as of yet, it certainly
stands to reason that nothing hurts to be ahead of the game!

Jonathan Metz



On 10/17/13 12:39 PM, "Humbert, Joseph A" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>Hi Rachel,
>
>" Chapters 4, 5, and 6 all contained technical requirements closely
>adapted from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Success
>Criteria which were rephrased in mandatory language."
>
>2nd sentence of the last paragraph of this section.
>(http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-i
>t/about-the-ict-refresh/draft-rule-2011/notice-on-the-release-2011-draft-a
>nprm#two )
>
>However, The final standards may not be enforceable until late 2014 or
>early 2015. Thankx.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Joe
>
>Joe Humbert, Accessibility Specialist
>UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
>Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
>535 W Michigan St. IT210 F
>Indianapolis, IN 46202
>Office Phone: (317) 274-4378
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Shuttlesworth,
>Rachel
>Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:25 PM
>To: WebAIM List
>Subject: [WebAIM] WCAG 2.0 AA
>
>Hi, all.
>
>At a conference last year, I heard that the Access Board would be
>updating the Section 508 standards and that the new version as related to
>web accessibility would look quite a bit like WCAG 2.0 AA.
>
>I am meeting with folks at my institution tomorrow and would like to
>recommend that we embrace WCAG 2.0 AA as our goal for all of our web
>sites. Do you have handy any resources that would help me make this case?
>
>Rachel
>
>Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
>Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional
>Technology University of Alabama
>
>
>
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