ADA Website Compliance isn’t just a checkbox — it’s a necessity for modern businesses. As more transactions, interactions, and services move online, web accessibility has become essential to serving all customers, including the one in four adults in the U.S. living with a disability. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Website accessibility is a hot topic for website owners and developers. For business owners and managers, they’re just starting to become aware of the issues. The fact is that there’s a growing chance that your business could be targeted for an ADA website lawsuit. ADA accessibility lawsuits have been on
Recent legal developments could spell trouble for American businesses of all shapes and sizes. In 2018, plaintiffs filed over 2200 website accessibility lawsuits. That number has nearly tripled from the year before — and the year before that. According to ADATitleiii.com, “the numbers are in for total website accessibility lawsuit
In 2018, there were over 2250 federal website accessibility lawsuits. In 2021, there was a 14% jump from 2020. The lawsuits claimed people with disabilities couldn’t use the sites. The sites didn’t work with assistive technologies. All the suits were in federal court under Title III of the Americans with
How does the ADA apply to your website? On July 26, 1990, George W. Bush signed into law The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The law is far-reaching and prohibits those with disabilities to be discriminated against. The Act is divided into four main sections, called Titles. Each Title addresses
Answer quick: Is your website ADA accessibility? …If you hesitated at all, that’s not good. It’s time to take a look at your business’s website through the eyes of a different set of potential customers — people living with disabilities. We know what you’re thinking: But, my website is easy to
Website accessibility is governed by two primary laws: the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act. These laws apply to nearly every business, school, and public organization in the United States. Even if your business doesn’t receive federal funding (which triggers the Rehabilitation Act), you’re still obligated to
ADA Compliance Checklist to help you to evaluate your current website’s compliance with the American Disability Act for WCAG 2.0 and Title II Does the website have distinguishable contrast in color between text or the foreground and the background colors? Does all images have written text alt tags and the
