ADA Compliant Website

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Inaccessible web content means that people with disabilities are denied equal access to information. An inaccessible website can exclude people just as much as steps at an entrance to a physical location. Ensuring web accessibility for people with disabilities is a priority for the Department of Justice. In recent years, a multitude of services have moved online and people rely on websites like never before for all aspects of daily living. For example, accessing voting information, finding up-to-date health and safety resources, and looking up mass transit schedules and fare information increasingly depend on having access to websites.

People with disabilities navigate the web in a variety of ways. People who are blind may use screen readers, which are devices that speak the text that appears on a screen. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may use captioning. And people whose disabilities affect their ability to grasp and use a mouse may use voice recognition software to control their computers and other devices with verbal commands.

The ways that websites are designed and set up can create unnecessary barriers that make it difficult or impossible for people with disabilities to use websites, just as physical barriers like steps can prevent some people with disabilities from entering a building. These barriers on the web keep people with disabilities from accessing information and programs that businesses and state and local governments make available to the public online. But these barriers can be prevented or removed so that websites are accessible to people with disabilities.

Website Accessibility Compliance Is Mandatory

When it comes in the form of unexpected fines and legal action, the cost of accessibility non-compliance is about three times higher than the cost of proactive compliance — and the financial impact of legal lawsuits is increasing annually.

Entities may be fined up to $75,000 for an initial ADA violation and $150,000 for subsequent ones. In addition, there has been an uptick of public sector ADA compliance lawsuits recently, some with settlements of thousands of dollars. And these lawsuits can come from anyone, including serial plaintiffs who browse the Internet, looking for violations, according to reports.

Compliance is a moral imperative — but noncompliance is an avoidable, costly mistake. You owe it to your taxpayers to protect your budget (and their money).

 

Fines if not compliant range from $5000 - $15,000

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