Accessibility Knowledge Hub

ITI says there is no VPAT certification. Here is what buyers are actually asking for, what an Accessibility Conformance Report attests, and what a good one earns a vendor.

There is no VPAT certificate. The group that publishes the template says so in its own FAQ. Here is what a completed VPAT really is and what it tells a buyer about a website.

axe-core 4.13.0 ships 105 rules in seven sections and runs 89 by default. Which findings map to a WCAG criterion, which are best practice, and what none of it covers.

An AI chatbot panel touches specific ACR rows, and the VPAT edition you file decides which of those rows exist. What can be claimed, and what needs a remark.

Two federal rules reach a portal on different clocks. 45 CFR 92.204 has been in force since July 2024. 45 CFR 84.84 binds recipients with fifteen or more employees from 11 May 2027.

Four published ED OCR website accessibility resolution agreements, read clause by clause. Three carry the same 19-word training role list. One carries almost none of it.

The ICT Testing Baseline for Electronic Documents, Version 1.0, sets 24 test groups and 57 tests for non-web files. What each covers, and what to require from a PDF supplier.

WCAG's statement of partial conformance decides what you may claim. The Title II and Section 504 third-party exception decides what you must fix. Two tests, cited.

Two subsections of one ADA regulation read as acceptance criteria for a booking engine and a ticket checkout. The clauses, the tests, and the limits.

A public university, a private college and a K-12 district can run the same platform under three different rules. Which one names a standard, which names none, and what to adopt when none does.

WCAG defines conformance for full web pages only, so a component library cannot conform. What a design system can hand a product team instead, with the clauses.

California, Minnesota, Illinois, Texas and Colorado each adopted Section 508 or WCAG on their own terms. What each one asks a vendor to hand over, with citations.