# HHS Extends Section 504 Accessibility Compliance Deadlines for Web Content and Mobile Apps

DevFeed: [HHS Extends Section 504 Accessibility Compliance Deadlines for Web Content and Mobile Apps](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-extension-is-not-an-excuse-9440.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://webaim.org/blog/an-extension-is-not-an-excuse/>)

Author: John Northup

Published: 2026-05-28T21:20:02Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [WebAIM Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/webaim-blog.md>)

Topics: [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses HHS's one-year extension of Section 504 compliance deadlines for web content and mobile apps, arguing that the delay is frustrating because inaccessible digital services continue to exclude people with disabilities. It also cites a 2026 WebAIM Million finding that average detected accessibility errors on the top one million website home pages increased about 10% from 2025.

## Source excerpt

The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a one-year extension of the compliance dates for web content and mobile app accessibility requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The requirements themselves are not new in substance: covered recipients of HHS federal financial assistance must make covered web content and mobile apps conform [...]