Digital Accessibility and the ADA Title II Update: Understanding the Requirements, Risks, and Readiness

As we approach the critical enforcement deadline for the updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II regulations, now is the time to prepare your institution for compliance.

The April 24, 2026 deadline is fast approaching for state and local governments, as well as certain public institutions, to ensure their digital services meet new accessibility standards under the ADA.

Featuring speakers Rachel Comerford, Senior Director of Accessibility at Macmillan Learning and Michael Johnson, Vice President of Content for Benetech, this webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of ADA Title II regulations, including the recent key changes brought by the U.S. Department of Justice’s final rule. 

We’ll cover the essentials, including:

• Understanding the new ADA Title II digital accessibility requirements and how they impact your web content and mobile apps
• The adoption of WCAG 2.1, Level AA standards for websites, mobile applications, and digital documents
• The two-year compliance window: What’s at stake and how to avoid penalties
• Navigating exceptions for archived content, pre-existing documents, and third-party content
• Best practices for accessibility remediation: Why automated tools alone won’t suffice
• The future of ADA Title III compliance and how it may affect private sector entities in the near future
• The impact on higher education and healthcare sectors, and how the DOJ’s rule will soon extend to institutions receiving federal financial assistance
  
  

Who Should Attend?

• Government agencies and public institutions
• Educational and healthcare organizations
• IT and accessibility compliance teams
• Legal teams responsible for ADA compliance
  
  

Prepare your organization for these upcoming changes to ensure accessibility for all. Stay ahead of the compliance curve—register today!

Featured Speakers

RACHEL COMERFORD is the Senior Director of Accessibility at Macmillan Learning where she leads cross-functional efforts to ensure students of all abilities have access to their course materials. In 2020, BISG awarded Rachel the Industry Innovator award for her work helping Macmillan Learning to become the first Global Certified Accessible publisher by Benetech. Under her leadership, Macmillan was recognized by WIPO’s Accessible Book Consortium with the International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing in 2020 for their work towards providing educational materials that any student can use and as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” on the Disability Equality Index® for four consecutive years. She has presented at many conferences including Accessing Higher Ground, CSUN-ATC, and SXSW and actively participates in accessibility work at 1EdTech, PAAG, and BISG, among others.