[CATO] [EXTERNAL] - ITACCESS : Article: Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger?

Mon Jun 2 13:58:52 PDT 2025

Grrrrr.

I knew it was a matter of time before we saw something more concrete attacking the web accessibility ruling from this administration.

I have requested a meeting with our interim executive director at SBCTC to help me clarify the if the American Associate of Community Colleges is supporting this memo or not.

Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)

Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

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The power of the Web is in its universality.

Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web

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Thank you Doug!! Yes a HUGE stab in the back. So much for advocating for students and employees.

Disappointed,
Amy

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All,

Did you see this post on educause this morning?

I followed the link and read the blog post by Ken Nakata from Converge Accessibility.

Attached is my quick remediation of the letter sent by a number of organizations mentioned in the post as the original I found was untagged. Note that some of the reference tags were problematic so refer to the hyperlinks to those within the document.

This letter, if legit, feels like a real stab in the back from the co-signing organizations.

Doug Hayman

IT Accessibility Coordinator

Information Technology

Olympic College

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In case you haven't read this article:

Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger?
By Ken Nakata.
"…On May 12, 2025, the American Council on Education (on behalf of a
ton of other educational associations, including EDUCAUSE) asked the
Trump Administration to pause implementation of the Department of
Justice’s ADA Title II Web Accessibility regulation…"
convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/...<https://convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/doj-web-accessibility-rule-in-danger/>

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