Providers of digital products should have a VPAT for their product. And a VPAT maybe- it’s a term commonly used you may also hear of an ACR or Accessibility Conformance Report when but when people speak to V Pats in the private marketplace they’re referring to really a document that accounts for accessibility and if … Read more
The ADA Book is a great place to start when you are trying to understand ADA compliance and digital accessibility. What The ADA Book amounts to is it’s a succinct overview of the legal landscape complemented by information on practical implementation and approach. And really understanding the industry and the different terms that are used. … Read more
A checklist and guide for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which is best practice for ADA compliance for websites – a full checklist is available at Accessible.org. And I will put that link below and on this checklist you will see all 50 success criteria for WCAG 2.1 AA and they will be listed out … Read more
Some vendors use SEO as a secondary means of compelling someone to engage in accessibility. And while there is some marginal benefit your rankings you’re not going to automatically rank on page one on Google because you’ve made your website accessible, that’s not how it works. So yes, it you- you’ll get some SEO basics … Read more
I’m frequently contacted about website accessibility services – usually audits, but a lot of people also ask me about consulting and helping them accelerate their knowledge so that they can make informed decisions. And that’s really that’s a facet of the business I really like because I put a lot of general information out there … Read more
Wix has taken an updated approach to accessibility with their website builder and they’ve been proactive and so I’m on the wix.com/accessibility page and I’m going to go through it and provide my thoughts from a legal lens, in terms of is this helping with litigation and preventing demand letters and complaints being filed. And … Read more
Digital accessibility is actually fairly simple. I know it may seem confusing, but here’s what you need to know: you need to identify an asset that you need to make accessible. You need to get an audit for that asset and then you need to remediate that asset based on the issues found in the … Read more
Are VPATs for websites? My interpretation is that VPATs are traditionally not for websites. However, depending on the scope of the product or service, VPATs may include websites. So let’s go over this from the two primary sources: we have the Information Technology Industry Council who are actually the creators of the VPAT and on … Read more
I’m on containerstore.com and what’s important is the- there is a link at the very top, in small gray font, on the right labeled, “enable accessibility”. And so when you enable accessibility a more accessible version of the website is rendered. Now the website, the homepage as we’re on, it looks exactly the same, nothing … Read more
I am on ADA.gov and I am screen recording the post entitled, “Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA” and this was published by the Department of Justice, the DOJ. And the Department of Justice is very important on the topic of website accessibility because they are the federal agency that regulates and enforces Title … Read more
VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template and this is a template that vendors fill out and deliver to procurement officers as a part of the ACR or Accessibility Conformance Report. So we’ll get to that in a second, but a VPAT speaks to and represents a product or service’s accessibility. And so this is … Read more
100% of reputable accessibility professionals are against overlays for accessibility on a website. And when I speak of overlays I’m referring to the widgets that you could install on a website and that when clicked present an array of supposed accessibility options. They don’t work. They have never worked. The idea that they actually make … Read more
The three most important issues you want to account for when trying to prevent any type of ADA compliance website accessibility litigation are as follows. One, you want to make sure that any images have a sufficient alternative description. If the image is merely decorative then you would want to have a null alt attribute, … Read more
Digital accessibility is not a never-ending project. And what I mean by that is not that you can start on digital accessibility and forget about it but that it becomes a part of your process it’s something that you learn and then it just becomes a part of what you do and it’s no longer … Read more
There is no section in the Americans with Disabilities Act that tells us how to make a website compliant. But we can follow two best practices: the- one best practice is to make sure- ensure that your website provides meaningful access and a way to do this is conformance with the web content accessibility guidelines … Read more
ADA website compliance is the prevailing legal view that the Americans with Disabilities act generally applies to websites. Now it’s important to emphasize the word generally because the ADA is applied unevenly depending on what court you’re in. So you have to remember there are two court systems there are the state courts and there … Read more
My name is Kris Rivenburgh. I’m an attorney and the author of The ADA Book. I’m also the founder of Accessible.org. So that I can efficiently provide a transcript and closed captions, I will read from the transcript itself. Before I start, note that when I refer to products, I am primarily referring to … Read more
My name is Kris Rivenburgh. I’m an attorney and the author of The ADA Book. I’m also the founder of Accessible.org. So that I can efficiently provide a transcript and closed captions, I will read from the transcript itself. There is no one right way to write an accessibility statement. However, there are three essential … Read more
Accessible.org is a provider of digital accessibility services and information. Two of the reasons people choose Accessible.org are for: My free WCAG guide and checklist and Manual accessibility audit services And I think the value extends beyond downloads and deliverables and into how I operate the business. Here are some of the ways I differentiate … Read more
My name is Kris Rivenburgh. I’m an attorney and the author of The ADA Book. I’m also the founder of Accessible.org. So that I can efficiently provide a transcript and closed captions, I will read from the transcript itself. As of this video’s publication, for private entities under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities … Read more
My name is Kris Rivenburgh. I’m an attorney and the author of The ADA Book. I’m also the founder of Accessible.org. So that I can efficiently provide a transcript and closed captions, I will read from the transcript itself. Let’s go over three key factors that determine the price of an audit. High Specialized Skill … Read more
My name is Kris Rivenburgh. I’m an attorney and the founder of Accessible.org. I’m also the author of this book, The ADA Book. And just one note: So that I can efficiently provide a transcript and closed captions, I will be reading from the transcript itself. I’m holding up a physical copy of The ADA … Read more
My name is Kris Rivenburgh. I’m an attorney and the author of The ADA Book. I’m also the founder of Accessible.org. So that I can efficiently provide a transcript and closed captions, I will read from the transcript itself. Understandably, many website owner/operators desire a certificate that states their website is accessible and thereby they … Read more
My name is Kris Rivenburgh. I’m an attorney and the author of The ADA Book. I’m also the founder of Accessible.org. So that I can efficiently provide a transcript and closed captions, I will read from the transcript itself. On its face, indemnification for digital accessibility makes complete sense. The rationale goes something like this: … Read more