The Americans with Disabilities Act Title II was updated in April 2024 to include web accessibility standards. The update gives universities of Carolina’s size until April 2026 to come into compliance with the new rule. Thankfully, Carolina already sports a culture of accessibility that we have nurtured over the past five years. The Digital Accessibility Office (DAO) believes that Carolina’s work has set us ahead of many other institutions, and we remain committed to continuing our effort...| Digital Accessibility
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Our approach emphasizes accessibility as an ongoing, collaborative effort to broaden access. We will work with you to provide resources and guidance specific to your service or project. To get started, submit an online help request to use our services or use the form below to send us a message. You may also schedule some time to meet with a member of our team during their office hours.| Digital Accessibility
This plan outlines essential steps to help departments comply with the ADA Title II ruling by April 2026. UNC has upheld a digital accessibility policy for several years, so much of your content may already be compliant and simply require a thorough review. The plan is designed to be scalable and action-oriented, making it particularly valuable for content in need of assessment and remediation for use after the deadline. Its straightforward structure is intentional for ease of adoption, and t...| Digital Accessibility
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. Following these guidelines will make content more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including accommodations for blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these, and some accommodation for learning disabilities and cognitive limitations; but will not address ...| www.w3.org