Digital Accessibility

Accessibility failures are availability failures. This track covers digital accessibility for the documents that state and local governments publish, from how a heading should be marked up to what ADA Title II and WCAG 2.1 require. For the underlying terms, see Document Accessibility in the Rietta Glossary.

Quick Takes

Frank Rietta at his desk below a Google Docs window where "Executive Summary" is formatted as bold, centered text, with on-screen text "BOLD centered text is a Federal law violation!?"

Bold Text Can Get You Sued (ADA Title II Explained in 60 Seconds)

Why bold, centered text is not a heading, and why a document's built-in heading styles matter for ADA Title II and WCAG 2.1 compliance.