Title II Today: Compliance & Accessibility Insights for Monday, October 13, 2025 – Volume 108
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News
1.) Top 5 Most Clicked News Articles From Last Month
A.) Broken By Design How US Websites Are Falling Short On Accessibility And What It Will Cost Them | Metapress.com | August 25, 2025
The article highlights significant shortcomings in web accessibility across U.S. websites, emphasizing the financial and reputational risks associated with these failures. It discusses common issues such as missing alt text, mobile accessibility problems, and ineffective web forms, urging organizations to prioritize inclusive design.
B.) 2025 Mid-Year Report: ADA Title III Federal Lawsuit Numbers Continue To Rebound | LexBlog.com | September 3, 2025
Mid-year federal lawsuit counts indicate a continued increase in ADA Title III filings, with a significant rise from the previous year’s low. California leads filings, followed by Florida and New York, with Illinois experiencing notable growth as plaintiffs shift focus from New York courts.
C.) Legal Update: August 2025 | ConvergeAccessibility.com | September 2, 2025
This legal update provides insights into recent developments affecting accessibility laws and regulations. It highlights significant changes and what they mean for stakeholders in the accessibility landscape.
D.) Developer’s Guide To Semantic HTML: Writing Code That Search Engines And Screen Readers Love | Dev.to | September 1, 2023
This guide covers the benefits of using semantic HTML for improved accessibility, search engine optimization, and code readability. By replacing non-semantic tags with meaningful elements, developers can create websites that are both user-friendly and search-engine friendly.
E.) Standardizing Accessibility: A Compliance Roadmap For State And Local Government | LevelAccess.com | August 28, 2025
Achieving and maintaining compliance with accessibility laws in government agencies can be complex and requires a standardized approach. The article outlines five key steps to build accountability and enhance digital accessibility efforts across various departments, ensuring consistent progress and compliance with regulations.
2.) FTC Targets Deceptive Accessibility Claims: Key Takeaways for Businesses Using Accessibility Widgets | JDSupra.com | October 8, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) issued a Decision and Order ( the “Decision,”) (Docket No. C-4817, issued April 21, 2025) against accessiBe Inc. and accessiBe Ltd. (together “accessiBe”), a website accessibility vendor, resolving allegations that accessiBe made deceptive claims about the ability of its automated “widget” technology to bring websites into compliance with governing law.
3.) 10 Easy Accessibility Tests Anyone Can Do | DigitalA11Y.com | October 8, 2025
This article outlines ten simple accessibility tests that can significantly improve user experience on websites. These tests focus on various aspects such as keyboard navigation, link text clarity, and content visibility, highlighting that making a site accessible is a crucial step towards inclusivity.
4.) Designing For Dyslexia: Accessibility Requirements And Best Practices | Buttondown.com | October 8, 2025
Effective design for dyslexia emphasizes reducing reading effort and enhancing accessibility. It involves employing tools for spacing adjustments, choosing softer color contrasts, and ensuring appropriate font choices, which collectively improve readability for individuals with dyslexia and create more inclusive digital environments for all users.
5.) Aurora Identifies Compliance Gaps In Ada Self-Evaluation As Review Gets Underway | SentinelColorado.com | October 6, 2025
Aurora has completed the first phase of the Americans with Disabilities Act self-evaluation and Transition Plan, which was approved by the city council at the beginning of September, to move forward.
6.) Headings: The Invisible Compass Of Web Accessibility | A11yblog.com | October 5, 2025
Headings play a crucial role in web accessibility by serving as the main navigation system for users, particularly those utilizing screen readers. Effective heading structure aids not only users with visual impairments but benefits everyone by providing a clearer understanding of content organization and aiding quick navigation.
7.) A Threat Model For Accessibility On The Web | AliceBoxhall.au | October 2, 2025
Accessibility on the web is hampered primarily by neglect, stemming from a lack of awareness and expertise among developers. Despite complex standards and guidelines like the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, many disabled users are often overlooked during the design and development processes, leading to a significant disparity between technical capabilities and the access needs of individuals with disabilities.
8.) Screen Reader HTML Support — Lookup | TetraLogical.com | September 30, 2025
This page provides a lookup tool that helps users assess HTML support for various screen readers and browsers. It offers individual support tables for JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack while linking to test files used in screen reader testing.
9.) Terminal Mode Goes Live With JAWS On Monarch | Braillists.org | September 30, 2025
Monarch’s terminal mode app integrates screen readers with multi-line braille displays, enhancing user experience with features like wrapped mode and cropped mode for interactive data exploration. With innovations such as split display and touch capabilities, this update significantly improves navigation and personalization options for users.
10.) Why Sticky Navigation Can Undermine Accessibility | ButtonDown.com | September 24, 2025
Sticky navigation is a popular design technique that, while aimed at enhancing accessibility, often creates significant barriers for individuals with disabilities. Issues such as reduced screen space, disruptions of keyboard navigation, and increased cognitive load highlight the need for careful implementation to ensure it serves all users effectively.
11.) The Unsung Heroes of Accessibility: Noticing the Wins | Nimerblogs.blogspot.com | September 26, 2025
This post shares a personal experience with recognizing subtle yet impactful accessibility features in everyday products. It highlights the importance of acknowledging these integrations, from tactile indicators on products to safety features in public spaces, urging readers to celebrate such design triumphs in the pursuit of an inclusive world.
12.) Custom Carets And Users: When The Caret Is No Longer A Stick (Yes, That’s A Poor Attempt At A Pun) | AdrianRoselli.com | September 22, 2025
The post explores the insertion caret’s evolution in web design, detailing new CSS features that allow customization of its appearance and animation. It highlights accessibility concerns surrounding caret changes and user preferences, emphasizing best practices for web authors to consider when implementing custom carets.
13.) Taking A Shot At The Double Focus Ring Problem Using Modern CSS | Set.Studio | September 18, 2025
The article explores the complexity of managing focus ring visibility in web design, especially with varying themes and modes. It introduces a double focus ring approach to ensure accessibility across different user settings and emphasizes using modern CSS capabilities for dynamic color handling.
14.) The Unruh Act: Understand The Lawsuits And How State And Federal Regulations Could Combine To Create Blockbuster Settlements | Deque.com | September 17, 2025
This article explores the implications of California’s Unruh Act on digital accessibility lawsuits, highlighting the potential for significant financial penalties for violations. As accessibility issues in digital storefronts become more prevalent, businesses are urged to prioritize compliance to avoid costly litigation and maintain inclusivity.
15.) Forced-Color-Adjust: None Is An Unavoidable Foot Gun | SarahMHigley.com | September 17, 2025
This article highlights the challenges of using the CSS property ‘forced-color-adjust: none’ within accessibility contexts, particularly in complex codebases where styles can be unintentionally overridden. It discusses the trade-offs of using this property for controlling high contrast styles while also recognizing the risks of compromising accessibility when other developers modify the CSS.
16.) CSS To Speech: Alternative Text For CSS-Generated Content | SaraSoueidan.com | September 17, 2025
This article provides a detailed overview of using the slash syntax in CSS to integrate alternative text for content generated via CSS. It examines the implications for accessibility considering browser support and best practices, emphasizing that meaningful content should reside in HTML, while decorative content can utilize CSS with appropriate alt text.
17.) Accessible By Design: Improving Command Line Interfaces For All Users | Afixt.com | September 16, 2025
This article emphasizes the importance of accessibility in command line interfaces (CLIs) for users with disabilities, particularly those who are blind or visually impaired. It provides best practices for developers to improve CLI usability by simplifying visual formatting, avoiding dynamic content, and structuring output for clarity.
18.) Vibe Fixing: How To Validate AI-Generated Code And Achieve Accessibility At The Speed Of AI | Deque.com | September 16, 2025
Here Jeremy Rivera presents “vibe fixing” as a workflow to pair AI-powered code generation (“vibe coding”) with accessibility validation using tools like the axe MCP Server, enabling developers to quickly detect, remediate, and re-verify accessibility issues directly in their existing development environment.
19.) How To Make Complex Data Accessible For Users With Disabilities | Pope.tech | September 15, 2025
Effective presentation of complex data is crucial for ensuring accessibility for users with disabilities. The article emphasizes three key steps: understanding the purpose of the data, recognizing the diversity of the audience, and designing information for multiple pathways to enhance comprehension and usability.
20.) Accessible Time Format | OZeWAI.org | September 15, 2025
This article presents a study assessing how different time formats (colon vs. period) are read by screen readers. Findings reveal that time formatted with a colon is consistently read correctly, while the period format causes confusion, underscoring the importance of using the colon format in web content.
21.) Aria-Label Or Title? Screen Reader Behaviour Explained | A11y-Collective.com | September 15, 2025
This article clarifies the differences between the aria-label and title attributes, emphasizing their varied roles in web accessibility. It warns against over-reliance on aria-labels, advocating for more robust solutions to improve accessibility for users with visual impairments.
22.) Threats And Opportunities For Mature Design Systems | ErinWhite.com | September 14, 2025
As design systems mature, several patterns can inhibit their effectiveness, including ‘design by number’ and ‘first-solution inertia.’ It explores ways to enhance designer engagement and ensure systems evolve in alignment with user needs, emphasizing the importance of mentorship, user-centered focus, and collaborative contributions to design systems.
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23.) Reviewing The Logic And Value Of The W3C’s Accessibility Maturity Model | Afixt.com | September 11, 2025
The article examines the necessity of a distinct Accessibility Maturity Model by the W3C, arguing for its importance in effectively addressing accessibility needs distinct from traditional frameworks. It highlights the need for domain-specific expertise, stakeholder engagement, and cultural change within organizations, while also discussing the potential pitfalls of introducing yet another framework in an already saturated compliance environment.
24.) Testing Methods: Visual Presentation | DennisDeacon.com | September 9, 2025
This article explains the WCAG 1.4.8 Visual Presentation criteria, highlighting how users can customize text presentation for better accessibility. It discusses the strengths and limitations of automated, AI, and manual testing methods in identifying visual presentation issues that impact readability for users with disabilities.
25.) Why Moving Away From SPAs Improves Usability, Accessibility, And SEO | Innoweb.com.au | September 8, 2025
This article explores the advantages of moving from Single Page Applications (SPAs) to server-rendered websites, emphasizing improved usability, accessibility, and SEO. It discusses how server-rendered structures provide faster load times, enhance user experience, and yield better SEO outcomes compared to SPAs, which often struggle with performance and accessibility issues.
26.) Screenreader HTML Support Look Up App | Html5Accessibility.com | September 8, 2025
This app allows users to view and compare HTML support for different screen readers, utilizing data from JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver. It functions as a proof of concept for contrasting screen reader capabilities based on HTML elements, enhancing accessibility support for developers.
27.) Understanding Focus Indicators For Web Accessibility | A11Y-Collective.com | September 8, 2025
Focus indicators are crucial for accessible web design, providing visual cues for keyboard navigation. They ensure compliance with WCAG standards and enhance usability for individuals with disabilities who rely on keyboard input for navigation.
28.) WCAG 3 September 2025 Update | WhollyAccessible.org | September 4, 2025
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has released an updated draft of the WCAG 3 guidelines, marking a significant step towards its final publication. This draft transitions many components to Developing status, while others remain in the exploratory phase. It highlights a commitment to eventual completion, with a timeline to be announced soon.
29.) An Accessible Guide To WCAG 3.3.8: Authentication Without Frustration | Auth0.com | September 3, 2025
This article emphasizes the importance of accessible authentication methods in aligning with WCAG guidelines, particularly focusing on Success Criterion 3.3.8. It suggests strategies like passwordless login, utilizing WebAuthn, and eliminating cognitive tests in authentication processes to improve user accessibility and reduce barriers for individuals with cognitive disabilities.
30.) Why You Should Test Your Page Without JavaScript | SitePoint.com | September 2, 2025
This article emphasizes the importance of considering how websites function without JavaScript, highlighting potential failures due to network issues, browser settings, or assistive technology limitations. It advocates for using progressive enhancement in web design to ensure accessibility and resilience for all users.
31.) How To Minimize Legal Risks In Accessibility Compliance | Tarnoff.info | September 1, 2025
Understanding and addressing the common legal risks associated with accessibility lawsuits is essential for businesses. This guide outlines critical claims to focus on, including the necessity for alternative text for images, proper labeling of form fields, and ensuring clear communication of status messages during interactions.
32.) Introducing Baby Steps Accessibility | DennisDeacon.com | August 31, 2025
This article initiates a series focused on practical steps to enhance digital accessibility, emphasizing that progress can begin without full support or resources. It aims to guide newcomers in digital accessibility through manageable tasks that promote immediate improvements.
33.) My Approach To Manual Web Accessibility Testing | Scribe.rip | August 29, 2025
Manual accessibility testing is vital for uncovering barriers that automated tools may miss. By focusing on specific areas and utilizing strategies like sampling, designers and developers can effectively integrate accessibility checks into their workflows, ensuring that digital content is usable for all users.
34.) Testing Methods: Contrast (Enhanced) | DennisDeacon.com | August 26, 2025
This article explains the WCAG 1.4.6 contrast (enhanced) success criterion, focusing on the higher contrast ratios required for improved accessibility. It discusses various testing approaches, including automated, AI-based, and manual methods, emphasizing the importance of combining these strategies for comprehensive evaluation.
Deadlines For Compliance
April 24, 2026 | Title II Deadline | ADA
State and local governments with a population of 50,000 or more must ensure their websites, mobile apps, and digital documents comply with WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
April 24, 2027 | Title II Deadline | ADA
State and local governments with fewer than 50,000 people, as well as all special district governments, must achieve full compliance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
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