Mastering Accessibility Statements, ACRS, VPATs, Documentation & Metadata - Episode 28

Accessibility Statements are often used by organisations as an alternative to making their websites accessible. However, they were originally created to help improve the communication between organisations and users of their websites or apps who have disabilities.

In this webinar, Jonathan Hassell, who wrote the initial guidance for accessibility statements in BS 8878, discusses what statements are for, who they are for, why the rules for writing them differ in different countries, and how best to write them to mitigate legal and regulatory threats.

He also clarifies the differences and similarities between them and VPATs and Accessibility Conformance Reports for B2B communications, where vendors are trying to sell the accessibility conformance and features of a digital tool or SAAS. Finally, he discusses how documenting your digital product or service’s accessibility functionality may be mandated by the European Accessibility Act, and can help you promote the results of your accessibility work to people with disabilities, to bring you a Return on Investment from it.

If you’d like to talk with us about how we could help you write or improve your Accessibility Statement or Accessibility Conformance Report, please get in touch.

This audio was originally recorded as a webinar.

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