ADA Website Compliance Guide: Accessibility and the Law

Описание: This Guide to ADA Website Compliance provides an overview of both the legal landscape and the technical standards for website accessibility (WCAG). This Guide also discusses practical next steps on how to make your website ADA compliant.

For a summary with more details, read my written companion guide:

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Timestamps:

0:00 Most website owners don't understand ADA compliance
0:30 The Law: ADA Title III applies to places of public accommodation
0:41 What are places of public accommodation?
1:13 General prohibition against discrimination of people with disabilities
1:21 We can't provide different treatment due to the absence of auxiliary aids
1:37 Court interpretations of whether the ADA applies to websites
2:21 Department of Justice stance is the ADA applies to modern technology
3:10 We know best practices for ADA compliance through DOJ settlements
3:32 Best practices are WCAG conformance and accessibility statement
3:41 What is WCAG?
4:17 DOJ states website owners have flexibility in how they comply with ADA
4:32 The legal standard for ADA compliance is meaningful access
4:54 Who is exempt from ADA Title III compliance
5:40 Legal landscape is plaintiffs law firms continue to initiate litigation
6:00 There are 15 accessibility issues that are commonly claimed
6:17 Most litigation is in New York, California, and Florida
6:22 Settlements range between $5,000 and $20,000
7:00 WCAG standards are never the law but they are best practice for compliance
7:51 WCAG conformance helps ensure access to people with disabilities
8:02 Different disabilities we're taking into consideration
8:40 Overlay widgets don't make your website accessible
9:14 We need to make sure our code and content are accessible
9:44 Automated scans are limited tools and not ADA compliance checkers
10:30 Custom overlays are made specifically for the website
10:55 Other problems with overlays include activation and separate but equal problem
11:29 Practical next steps: audit and remediation
11:37 Audit finds all of the accessibility issues on your website
12:00 User testing and an audit are different but very helpful
12:32 Chronological order is audit, remediation, and then user testing
12:48 Prioritize most commonly claimed issues when you remediate
13:30 Plaintiffs lawyers look for the same 15 issues over and over again
14:02 Important to resolve 15 issues and then work towards WCAG conformance
14:22 How long to make a website ADA compliant
14:59 Prioritize 15 issues to reduce risk of a lawsuit while improving accessibility
15:37 Accessible.org has audit, remediation, and user testing services
15:44 ADACompliance.net offers on-demand training programs
15:50 ADA Compliance Course tells you how to find and fix the 15 most commonly claimed issues
16:13 ADACompliance.net also has WCAG training
16:32 Contact me with any questions

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