Mastering Accessibility Statements, ACRS, VPATs, Documentation & Metadata

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 guidance on accessibility statements in BS 8878 and ISO 30071-1, 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 (ACRs) 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 Return on Investment from it.

If you’d like to find out more about Accessibility Statements, read Jonathan’s recent blog here. And if you’d like to read more on Demysitfying VPATs & Accessibility Conformance Reports you can find the blog here

If you’d like us to help you write or improve your Accessibility Statement, check out our Accessibility Statement Creation Workshop.

If you’d like to talk with us about how we could help you write or improve your Accessibility Conformance Reports (VPATs), please do get in touch.