2024 U.S. Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold
Thursday, December 12th at 2 PM ET
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 U.S. 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:
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Current legal requirements impacting digital accessibility in the United States, with resources for understanding the global digital accessibility legal framework.
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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.
Register for the Webinar:
Registration Info:
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Accessibility Info:
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About the Speaker:
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Lainey Feingold (she/her)
Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer who has worked in the digital accessibility space since 1995. She is also an author and international speaker. Lainey, along with her blind clients and co-counsel, helped negotiate the first web accessibility agreement in the United States more than twenty years ago. She has worked with dozens of companies on their accessibility initiatives since that time. Lainey is the author of Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits (2nd Edition 2021). Her book shares stories and strategies from twenty-five years of collaborations and relationship-building to help create an inclusive digital world.
Lainey has been named a Legal Rebel and problem solver of the year by the American Bar Association and has twice received a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award — all for her work in digital accessibility and Structured Negotiation. Lainey is a thought leader on both Structured Negotiation and digital accessibility and serves on the Board of Directors for Teach Access.
Learn more on Lainey's website, follow her on Twitter or Mastodon, and connect on LinkedIn.