Webinar | How-to: Evaluating Your Vendor’s VPAT® Report
Amid tightening regulations, it’s more important than ever for organizations to ensure third-party vendors are supporting—not jeopardizing—their digital accessibility and compliance goals. That starts with obtaining a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT®) during the procurement process.
But not all VPATs are created equal. So, how can you evaluate a VPAT to determine if a product is accessible? Get access to the on-demand webinar exploring best practices for interpreting VPAT reports from vendors, including what makes a VPAT credible and what red flags to follow up on.
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Key learnings
In this session, Bryan Ayres, Accessibility Manager, Curriculum Operations at Stride Learning and Jon Avila, Chief Accessibility Officer at Level Access, discuss why, and how, to vet VPAT reports from third-party vendors. Moderated by Dana Randall, Level Access’s Head of Accessible UI Design, their conversation will cover:
- Why procuring accessible third-party technology is a regulatory and business imperative for both public- and private-sector organizations
- What to pay attention to when evaluating VPAT reports from third-party product providers, with first-hand perspective from Ayres on how Stride ensures documentation is accurate and credible
- How to respond when a vendor’s VPAT report does not meet your organization’s standards
- Tips for establishing policies are processes around obtaining and evaluating VPAT reports
- The impact of recent rulemaking, including the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), on how organizations should approach accessibility in digital product procurement