Accessibility is a Civil Right: 2022 Digital Accessibility Legal Update

Date & Time

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 8:00 AM PST  

Location

Platinum 6 (LIVESTREAM)  

Description

Digital accessibility is a civil right of people with disabilities. The law in the United States, and increasingly around the world, provides a strong framework supporting digital inclusion for disabled people in the public and private sectors, in education, and throughout society. Join Lainey Feingold for a fast-paced overview of what is happening in the legal space — the good and the not-so-good. Whatever your role in the accessibility world, this session will help you "put the law in your pocket" to protect and advance the rights of disabled people to participate in the digital world. Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer, an international speaker, and the author of Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits. (Second edition 2021). Structured Negotiation is a collaborative dispute resolution process with a twenty-five-year track record in resolving complex accessible technology claims without the expense and conflict of traditional litigation. Lainey also works with Disability:IN, a leading business global disability inclusion non-profit organization. She has been named a Legal Rebel and Problem Solver of the Year by the American Bar Association and has twice been recognized as a California Lawyer of the Year for her digital accessibility and Structured Negotiation work.  

Audience

Legal

Audience Level

Beginning  

Session Summary (Abstract)

Digital accessibility is a civil right of people with disabilities. The law in the United States, and increasingly around the world, provides a strong framework supporting digital inclusion for disabled people in the public and private sectors, in education, and throughout society. Join Lainey Feingold for a fast-paced overview of what is happening in the legal space — the good and the not-so-good. Whatever your role in the accessibility world, this session will help you "put the law in your pocket" to protect and advance the rights of disabled people to participate in the digital world.  

Session Type

General Track  

Topics

• Digital Accessibility
• Law, Compliance, and Policy

Presenter

• Lainey Feingold
  

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