I finally got around to watching some of the other videos that rank high on YouTube for ADA website compliance and search terms, and two of those videos were from lawyers. And one of those videos, the lawyer gave a brief overview of the legal landscape and then was selling her- a bundle, a bundle … Read more
You cannot turn on accessibility; you can’t activate accessibility; you cannot enable accessibility. Accessibility is not available through automation. The only way to make your website or other digital assets accessible is by manually finding accessibility issues and then manually fixing those accessibility issues. So what we want to do is make our website inherently … Read more
Kris: Today I’d like to welcome Emily Ogle to the show. Emily is an accessibility advocate and strategist who lives and breathes accessibility. She’s an expert in WCAG and VPAT. She trains people on accessibility using exercises she designed to provide perspective. She works with teams to remediate accessibility issues. She is also the Senior … Read more
I came across an article dated February 7th 2023. What’s interesting is that it reads like it’s from 2018. It reads like ADA website litigation is brand new. So I’m going to paraphrase a few selections from the article. A legal complaint against a brewery claiming its website is inaccessible to the blind is what … Read more
In the previous video, I interviewed Richard Hunt. Richard is an attorney who specializes in defending businesses against ADA and FHA litigation. And more specifically, he’s been defending businesses against website accessibility litigation since 2015. The interview went extremely well. Richard’s information and insight were on point and very helpful. And really, that’s the reason … Read more
Kris: Okay, today, I’d like to welcome Richard Hunt to the show. Richard is a board-certified trial lawyer with over 35 years of experience in state and federal court. He has a national ADA and FHA consulting and defense practice. He represents real estate developers, apartment owners, banks, shopping centers, restaurants, and retailers; the list … Read more
The WordPress theme I use to create new websites is GeneratePress. And it’s not so much a theme as it is a framework. But it’s important to know that the accessibility isn’t pristine. And all you have to do is go to the site library and look through the various templates that you can use … Read more
You do not need to be an accessibility expert to make your website significantly more accessible. And this does not diminish the skills, knowledge, and expertise that go into becoming an accessibility expert. You are not going to replace hundreds if not thousands of hours of education and experience. But what you can do is … Read more
This recording is a continuation of my previous video where I explained why you would never want to have a separate or alternative version of their website even if that separate version is accessible and I will link to that video below. But in this video, I am on a separate version of the web- … Read more
I am screen recording the homepage of an apartment website. And the reason I’m doing so is because they actually have a separate version of the website for people with disabilities. This is a worst practice for both website accessibility and ADA compliance. At the very top of the website, there’s a small blue banner … Read more
Developer: I think that companies that sell accessibility solutions try to frame accessibility as a black box that’s impossible to understand. But I believe the concepts are not that difficult if you take the time to learn them. Kris: Exactly, exactly. This clip is so good. I had to share it. It’s from- I’m screen … Read more
Most website accessibility litigation ends up being settled. And the reason why is it can be very expensive to defend against these claims. And so what happens is most plaintiffs’ law firms will offer an amount just low enough to entice the respondent, the people defending against these claims to take the settlement rather … Read more
I am screen-recording the silktide.com accessibility sales page. And specifically, I’m looking at the section titled How effective is automated web accessibility testing? And the reason I’m recording this video is because I want to highlight the difference between the perception that can be created from a sales page versus reality. So it starts- let’s … Read more
It’s important to differentiate making your website ADA compliant, preventing litigation and conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines or WCAG. So full conformance with WCAG and the present version is 2.1. So full conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA is the best practice for making your website what would be considered ADA compliant and also … Read more
A common search in this space is ADA Compliance Checker and ADA Website Compliance Checker. And so the intent here is to find an automated scan that can instantly return accessibility issues on a website. So one thing that’s important, though, is that this isn’t determining- a scan isn’t going to determine whether your website … Read more
Welcome to my presentation titled Why Is The Market So Confusing? The subtitle is the ADA Book Buyer’s Guide to Website Accessibility Products and Services. I’m recording this as a PowerPoint, and I am on video in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. And you may also hear my dog snoring in the background. … Read more
Obviously there is training for accessibility and there are other courses on website accessibility, but what I anticipate will make website owners so excited about the ADA compliance course is I created to be an SOP or step by step instructions that you can give to your team and tell them to get started. And … Read more
I received a message on LinkedIn. And I thought the person asked a good question. And it’s one I’ve come across multiple times. So I’m going to read through the message. And this is just a slight- just slightly paraphrasing. Hey Kris, I am working with a client; we received a letter from their old … Read more
The ADA compliance course is predicated on preventing litigation. So the course was designed so that a website owner can take this course and give this course to their web team and start finding accessibility issues and fixing those issues and the accessibility issues being the most commonly claimed in litigation. But what is also … Read more
I am screen-recording the homepage of amazon.com. I’m in the bottom left. And I’m going to activate the WAVE browser extension in Firefox. And so instantly I get results on the accessibility issues that WAVE has flagged, and it’s showing 12 errors, two contrast errors, and 225 alerts. And so already that’s very intuitive and … Read more
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are not as bad as they may seem as you first encountered them. The documentation is extremely long. The terminology is very technical. And it’s difficult to extract plain English, meaning when you look through the official documentation, but as you learn more about the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, they’re … Read more
A sequence I am all too familiar with is a company that receives a demand letter for a complaint is filed against them in court alleging that their website is inaccessible and therefore, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, that company procures a manual website accessibility audit, their team makes progress in remediating … Read more
Many people want to know if a particular website builder platform offers ADA-compliant websites. And so when I’m talking about the different website builders, I’m referring to platforms like GoDaddy, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, and the like any platform that offers a website builder so that someone can create a website. And so what you’re really … Read more
I am screen recording myself along with a snippet from the 2022 Accessibility.com Accessibility Lawsuit Report. And what I want to focus in on is where it says nearly 67% of all website accessibility lawsuits were filed by five law firms out of New York and California. Why is this so significant? Because what it … Read more