If you think about it, for public-facing websites, buying a premium accessibility scan doesn’t make sense. As we all know, scans or “ADA website checkers” are limited. They can only flag 20–25% of issues under WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria. And any issues that are flagged still need to be…

“ADA website” litigation is no longer new. With years of demand letters and lawsuits documenting that accessibility is essential both for access and compliance, how have The Big 4 platforms (Wix, SquareSpace, Godaddy Website Builder, Shopify) responded? Below I analyze the materials put forth by each major platform and then…

There are three noteworthy updates/developments to the ADA website compliance landscape for 2023. Decrease in litigation DOJ Title II regulation WCAG 2.2 release Litigation Will Decrease First, litigation will continue to decline due to court decisions in California and New York that have been bad for plaintiffs. This doesn’t mean demand letters and…

The WCAG 2.2 can has been kicked since mid-2022, but at some point between now and early 2023, I’m convinced we will see the WCAG 2.2 working draft become an official release. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? Seven additional success criteria will be released under conformance level AA. Per the W3C, here is the WCAG…

Plaintiffs’ lawyers have abused the legal system for a long time, but after 5 years of ever increasing “ADA website” lawsuit filings (including templated claims filed in court), litigation has notably slowed. Per ADATitleIII.com, the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal court by the end of June…

As I was waiting for my flight back to DFW to board, I saw three women signing to each other. When I went to my seat, one of them was right next to me and I wrote her a message on my phone to ask, “Will it bother you if…

Summary: The FCC makes a decision on compensation for Video Relay Service (VRS) providers soon. The deadline for comments is July 15, 2021. If VRS providers don’t receive adequate compensation, communications access for the deaf and hard of hearing community suffers. At the end of your article, you can find…

Making your digital assets accessible involves a commitment on your part. There are 50 WCAG success criteria (i.e., a checklist of 50 to-do’s) that are highly recommended for web accessibility. Sometimes checking off a WCAG success criteria is simple and easy and other times it may be arduous and time-consuming…

In a scathing statement condemning Accessibe released on Thursday, June 24, the National Federation for the Blind (NFB) had this to say: “The Board believes that accessiBe currently engages in behavior that is harmful to the advancement of blind people in society. “In particular, it is the opinion of the…