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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Aug 8, 2018 8:33AM

> If my web application conforms to WCAG 2.0 (or better still 2.1) at Level AA, does it automatically comply with Section 508?

If your application allows for authoring of content then Chapter 504 of the revised Section 508 standards would apply to web as well.

Section 508 revised also has requirements around support and documentation (Chapter 6) that aren't as clearly called out by the WCAG conformance requirements.

Jonathan

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Isabel Holdsworth
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2018 10:29 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] WCAG2 and Section 508

Hi all,

Apologies if this question has already been done to death.

If my web application conforms to WCAG 2.0 (or better still 2.1) at
Level AA, does it automatically comply with Section 508?

If not, are there any succinct and specific guidelines I can refer to
in order to be confident that my application complies with US law?

Cheers, Isabel