The best practices for making hyperlinks ADA compliant include adding additional attributes to the link markup, such as a title, a role, and a target. Additionally, the visible link text should describe the link itself, not just say “click here.” Since colorblind users may not be able to perceive color cues, present links with underlines…
A good place to start is by reviewing the WCAG standards. This guide gives the full compliance list, and techniques for how to fix any issues your website has. To find the problems your website has in the first place, there are a large number of services you can use; from automated subscriptions, to one-time…
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The term “508 compliance” is shorthand referring to requiring federal government websites to be safe and accessible for people with disabilities. Section 508 is an amendment to the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973 mandating that all electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by the federal government must be accessible to…
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WCAG guidelines are organized into three successive level of compliance: A, AA, and AAA. AAA is the most stringently compliant and difficult to obtain. Each successive level is progressively harder to meet, and each level of conformance indicates having met all of the criteria for the previous levels as well. There are 25 criteria which…
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WCAG is a set of guidelines for making web content more accessible to people with disabilities. In other words, it’s not a law, but it does give you some specific criteria which will be helpful for accommodating users across a wide range of disabilities. WCAG is developed through the W3C process, with the goal of…
Accessibility standards are a universally agreed-upon set of guidelines which make a website usable by people with various disabilities. This includes those who are blind, colorblind, with limited physical mobility, with seizure disorders, and more. Many of those with disabilities use assistive technologies to surf the internet, so bringing your website up to ADA compliance…
The cost varies according to the size, purpose, and complexity of your website, whether or not your site leverages a lot of video or audio content (which would need to be reviewed and brought into compliance), what the firm you’ve hired to handle your compliancy audit and rework is charging, and many other factors. The…
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By ensuring that your website adheres to WCAG 2.0 AA standards, at the very least. To read more about the WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standard, check out our “Quick Primer on the WCAG Accessibility Standard.”
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If you’re in the designing stages of your website yourself, design with an eye to ADA compliance and accessibility. That way, you won’t potentially be paying to have your site designed twice if this is overlooked! If you need a redesign, contact us and we’ll build in ADA compliance for you. If you already own…
There are easy ways to test whether your website meets ADA requirements, and many things you can do at relatively low-cost to ensure that you’re meeting your customers’ needs. Primarily, your content needs to be user-friendly and easy to understand, and your website’s UI (User Interface) needs to be compatible with common assistive technologies. This…
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