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Accessibility resources attached to the Policy and Compliance category.
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The General Services Administration has asked the Office of Management and Budget to approve a new information collection for its Accessibility Conformance Report Repository, a centralized, searchable store of vendor accessibility claims for federal technology procurement.
The European accessibility standard EN 301 549 v4.1.1, published in September 2026, adopts WCAG 2.2 for websites, software and documents — though it is not yet the legal reference until cited in the Official Journal.
Spain's government has approved Real Decreto 707/2026, the country's first cross-sector regulation on cognitive accessibility, requiring public and private services to make information easy to understand.
HUD now requires Fair Housing Act accessibility complaints over multifamily design and construction to be filed within one year of a building's certificate of occupancy, rescinding guidance that treated barriers as ongoing violations. Fair housing and disability groups warn the change will bar most claims.
A Deaf man incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Illinois Department of Corrections denies Deaf people equal access to its tablet-based phone program by blocking videophone calls.
South Korea's top court ruled that movie theaters' failure to provide audio descriptions and subtitles for people with visual and hearing disabilities constitutes discrimination, ordering a lower court to reconsider how narrowly it limited accessible screenings.
The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of HHS and alongside Texas, Florida and Alaska, filed a proposed resolution on August 31 asking a federal court to strike community-integration language from the Section 504 regulations. National disability organizations condemned the move on September 1.
The U.S. Department of Labor is ending a 2013 rule that required federal contractors to work toward a goal of at least 7% of workers in each job group being people with disabilities, citing concerns that it amounted to a quota.
New Accessible Canada Act requirements will introduce digital accessibility deadlines for government organizations and businesses. Deque outlines the steps organizations should take now to prepare for conformance, training, procurement, and reporting obligations.