Section 508 as an Engineering Requirement, Not a Final Audit

Treating Section 508 (36 CFR 1194) and WCAG 2.2 AA as build-time acceptance criteria — semantic landmarks, focus-visible, skip links, reduced-motion, and accessible error handling — verified in three layers of testing, so accessibility is engineered in rather than audited after.

• Section 508 / WCAG 2.2 AA as acceptance criteria, not a late audit
• Accessibility implemented in components, inherited everywhere
• Automated, manual, and assistive-technology testing
• What a VPAT / ACR is and when it is produced