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Accessibility Compliance

What is Accessibility Compliance?

Adherence to laws and standards requiring digital content and services to be accessible to people with disabilities, such as WCAG and ADA requirements.

Compliance and Regulatory

Frameworks that govern accessibility compliance

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →

What the standards actually require on accessibility compliance

Requirements naming accessibility compliance across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.

Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)2 controls

Section 6 of KOSA mandates comprehensive transparency reporting by covered platforms. (1) Section 6(a) Annual Public Transparency Report: (a) Covered platform must publish annual report on safety practices;

KOSA-Transparency-Reporting-Section6-Annual-Disclosure-Risk-Assessment-Independent-Audit-Researcher-Access-Public-Report · KOSA Transparency Reporting + Section 6 + Annual Public Disclosure + Risk Assessment Findings + Independent Audit Results + Researcher Access Reports + Public Report + Reporting Mechanism Statistics + Content Moderation Metrics + Algorithmic Disclosure →
ISO 8000 - Data Quality1 control

ISO 8000-8 information and data quality dimensions. Accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, accessibility, compliance. Data quality requirements specification. Quality measurement. Quality improvement.

ISO-8000-DQM-01 · Quality Framework →
Ontario Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) - IASR Web Standard1 control

Apply education and training resources requirements per AODA + IASR Part IV (Education Standards) Sections 15-18. Obligated education and training organisations must (a) make educational and training resources or materials accessible to persons with disabiliti...

AODACAN-7 · Education, Training Resources, Educational Producers →
US Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Title III Digital Accessibility1 control

DOJ references WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the standard for digital accessibility compliance.

DOJ-Web-1 · Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) reference →

Questions people ask about accessibility compliance

What is Accessibility Compliance?
Adherence to laws and standards requiring digital content and services to be accessible to people with disabilities, such as WCAG and ADA requirements.
Why is Accessibility Compliance important for compliance?
Accessibility Compliance is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding accessibility compliance helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Accessibility Compliance?
Accessibility Compliance appears in the requirement text of Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), ISO 8000 - Data Quality, Ontario Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) - IASR Web Standard, US Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Title III Digital Accessibility. Across these standards we have identified 5 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Accessibility Compliance?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how accessibility compliance applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.