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Being the target of lawsuits can cost businesses thousands of dollars to settle. Lawsuits will likely increase until ADA compliance becomes a standard for all websites.

 

Proven Digital Accessibility Process

Your goal and ours is to have a fully accessible website. We work with you and your team to determine the best path to take on the road to accessibility.

Our team of accessibility experts is here to help you every step of the way.  You’ll have confidence in knowing your website will meet the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards used ADA web accessibility and Section 508 / 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and as a standard for

Digital Accessibility

An Accessibility Assessment is performed by our certified testers to uncover the current issues on the website, take a deep dive into the elements within the admin of your website, review the structure and design elements to ascertain the issues being faced in order to achieve accessibility.

  • Perform a limited manual audit using JAWS screen reader ensuring your content can be used by your visitors who use this type of assistive technologies and so your website meets the WCAG 2.0 guidelines;
  • Review design elements, current content management systems, and other aspects within the current website.
  • Provide a detailed Assessment Report so you know where you currently are in regards to accessibility.
  • We’ll provide a quote for a full audit and Remediation.

Next Steps:
Schedule a convenient time to discuss your needs.  We will review your goals with you and determine if an Accessibility Audit is the best solution for your business as well as the best options for remediation and ongoing methods of keeping your website accessible.

We will review your goals with you and determine if an Accessibility Audit is the best solution for your business as well as the best options for remediation and ongoing methods of keeping your website accessible.

One of the first steps that must be taken with the goal of developing an ADA accessible website is to know what the issues are.

During a Website Accessibility Audit, we use our auditing tools and manually perform a page-by-page audit on your website using the same assistive technologies those with disabilities use. We utilize the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards which are required for both ADA and Section 504/508.

  • Perform a manual audit using JAWS screen reader ensuring your content can be used by your visitors who use this type of assistive technologies and so your website meets the WCAG 2.0 guidelines;
  • Color contrast, menus, skip links on the website will be audited;
  • Review CSS and HTML code and alt tags;
  • Provide a detailed Accessibility Audit Report outlining audit findings which will include all areas that have Errors, Warnings, and Manual Reviews required and make recommendations on how to correct these.

Who is this audit for:

Most all businesses are required to have an accessible website to meet the ADA requirements.

Schools, businesses and government agencies or organization who receive federal funding and must be compliant with Section 508.

Those who have a legal lawsuit pending or have received a demand letter from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and want to remediate the errors to facilitate the needed changes to comply with the demands the compliant so your website follows the guidelines set out by WCAG 2.0

When you should request an Accessibility Audit

  • An Accessibility Audit should be completed when your goal is to have your website remediated by your team or ours. It is necessary to have the audit completed in order to pinpoint the errors. A manual audit will identify the errors, warnings, and notices.
  • If you have a development team who will want to perform the remediations, the Accessibility Report will give them the pages the errors are on, the level of severity and show the WCAG standard. Depending on how versed your team is in implementing the remediations, optionally, we can also provide the necessary coding needed to perform the remediations.
  • If you do not have a team who cannot implement the needed remediations, our team of remediators is available.
  • Sometimes, it makes more economic sense to have a new accessible website developed rather than trying to fixing extensive errors. We can make the recommendation once the audit is complete and can handle your new web development from start to finish working closely with you and your team. 

What you receive

  • You will receive a comprehensive, well-organized Accessibility Report your team can utilize for making the needed changes on your website.
  • We will supply a sample Accessibility Statement you can modify for your business and place on your website.

Next Steps:
Schedule a convenient time to discuss your needs.  We will review your goals with you and determine if an Accessibility Audit is the best solution for your business as well as the best options for remediation and ongoing methods of keeping your website accessible.

Accessible Website Remediation

Our team will utilize your Accessibility Audit to perform code remediation on your website to meet the WCAG 2.1 Guidelines.

To find out how we can perform the code fixes so your website meets Level AA of the WCAG used by the ADA.

Next Steps:
Schedule a convenient time to discuss your needs.  We will review your goals with you and determine if an Accessibility Audit is the best solution for your business as well as the best options for remediation and ongoing methods of keeping your website accessible.

Accessible Website Development

Sometimes a strategy for a new website with accessiblity can be a better solution than auditing and remediation. Get ADA Accessible can provide a solution.

Strategic planning: A successful website project always starts with planning.  We take your project from the planning stage to development using Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – (WCAG 2.0)

Accessible Framework: Your website will be built in accordance with WCAG 2.1 Guidelines for accessibility.  Additionally, we take all other web standards into consideration as well such as Search Engine Optimization (SEO), 3 click rule, and an easy to use content management system so you can update your website from any computer that has an Internet connection.

Next Steps:
Schedule a convenient time to discuss your needs.  We will review your goals with you and determine if an Accessibility Audit is the best solution for your business as well as the best options for remediation and ongoing methods of keeping your website accessible.

Documents on your accessible website must also be accessible or offer an alternative method of delivery.

What types of documents can be remediated?

The most common documents shared on the Internet are PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets.  We provide remediation services for these types of documents. Remediation services are available from GetADAAccessible.com to assist you in converting documents into compliant sources for your website.

What does it cost to have Accessible Documents?

The cost to either remediate or create accessible documents is dependent on a few things.

  1. The type of document and if it’s available in its narrative format. For example, if a PDF was originally created in Word, the Word document is available.
  2. The complexity of the document. We separate documents into two complexities: Simple and Complex.  Simple being text and images.  A complex document could be an employment application or other such documents.

Schedule a convenient time to discuss current documents you provide on your website, and how future documents will be made accessible.

Compliance is a perpetual task. Uploading new pictures, adding new text, how do you know if your website is still accessible after all your changes?

Our Accessibility Assurance Program takes the worry out of your accessibility compliance you worked so hard to achieve.  We keep tabs on all the changes of your website, and make the needed accessibility adjustments or alter you for any needed adjustments if you’d rather do it yourself.

Depending upon your resources, you may find that our Accessibility Assurance Program is the best option to keep your website in compliance, so you never have to be concerned if what you are adding is compliant for the WCAG 2.0 or Section 508 under Title II of the ADA standards.

Take the worry out of keeping your website accessible.  Contact us to get a plan started.

10 Common Facts About ADA Website Compliance to Help Your Website

In 2018, there were over 2250 federal website accessibility lawsuits.

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 Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990. The Act regulates physical locations to provide easy access to people with disabilities. The goal was an equal experience for everyone. In 2016, the ADA started to include websites. The goal is equal opportunities for everyone who visits a business on the web.

An ADA website lets people using assistive technology experience online products and services. ADA compliance also reduces the risk for a federal lawsuit. An ADA compliant website meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

ADA Compliance Law and Penalties

What happens if you do not comply with the law? If you have not heard from U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), chances are increasing that you will. The OCR is increasing the number of investigations to ensure school districts are complying

Decision Makers Have Disabilities

Teresa Huber and Susan Finch talk about the importance of an ADA compliant website. When most marketing departments think of disabilities and ADA compliance, they think about blind people, those in wheelchairs and more obvious issues. Don’t forget about those with dyslexia, those who are

Helpful Links and Tutorials

If you are striving to make your website WCAG 2.0 to be ADA accessible, there are many resources available help guide you. WCAG 2.0 Resources WCAG 2.0 Guidelines W3.org Accessibility Tutorials American’s with Disabilities Act Summary of ADA ADA.gov The Rehabilitation Act Summary of The Rehabilitation

ADA website compliance is not an option, it is the law...

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The Floodgates Have Opened

Hundreds of Lawsuits. Thousands of Demand Letters.

Target.com

Sued for failure to provide descriptive alt text on images for product images appearing on their e-commerce store

Weight Watchers

Sued for failure to provide its online and mobile application content and print material in accessible formats for persons with visual impairments

Domino’s Pizza

Sued for failure to provide descriptive alt text on images for product images appearing on their e-commerce store

MLB

Sued for failure to provide accessibility of apps for mobile devices based on WCAG 2.1 Level AA for its iPhone and iPad apps.

Etrade.com

Sued for failure to provide an accessible website, mobile application and accessible online trading platform for customers who are blind.

SafeWay

Sued for failure to provide accessibility of its online grocery delivery website.

H&R Block

Sued for failure to provide accessibility of apps for mobile devices based on WCAG 2.1 Level AA for its iPhone and iPad apps.H&R Block

Carnival Cruises

Sued for failure to provide accessible web experiences for their Carnival Cruises, Princess and HollandAmerica websites

NetFlix.com, Hulu.com, Amazon.com, MIT and Harvard University

Sued for failure to provide closed captioning on streaming web videos, archived video content and pre-recorded course material

50 US Colleges

Sued for being inaccessible to people with disabilities, specifically, users relying on screen readers and other assistive tech.

Patagonia, Ace Hardware, Domino’s Pizza, Aeropostale, Bed Bath & Beyond, PeaPod, Estee Lauder, JC Penny, Home Depot as well as the Kardashian’s ShopDashOnline.com are the most recent companies sued by blind plaintiffs, alleging that the retailers’ websites are not accessible to the blind as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

14 Most Sued Industries for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Non-Compliance…

Not all websites and industries are equal for being sued for ADA Non-Compliance. The most sued industries for ADA website Non-Compliance are:

  • 1 . Travel/Hospitality
  • 2 . Restaurants/Food Service
  • 3 . Medical/Health
  • 4 . E-Commerce
  • 5 . Universities/Educational
  • 6 . Beauty/Fitness/Wellness
  • 7 . Entertainment/Leisure: Fox Theaters
  • 8 . Insurance
  • 9 . Retail Stores
  • 10 . Home Services
  • 11 . Banking/Financial
  • 12 . Real Estate
  • 13 . Automotive
  • 14 . Government