The Americans with Disabilities Act absolutely applies to small businesses. And so let’s look at the general rule first. The general rule under Title III of the ADA states, no individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations … Read more
I received an email and I thought it asked a good question and I’ll read from the email: Is there a set of objective criteria we could use to evaluate and choose the correct service that can do a good accessibility audit and issue what would be widely considered as a legitimate certificate of conformance? … Read more
For at least a year there was a rumor / myth going around in Facebook communities and Shopify forums and Reddit that if you had less than 15 employees the ADA did not apply to you, you fell under an exception in the ADA. And so many people thought that website accessibility didn’t apply to … Read more
What happens if your website isn’t ADA compliant? Well the first layer to this question is, does the Americans with Disabilities Act even apply to websites? And when the ADA was signed into a law it didn’t contemplate modern digital technology. And there has been- there have been no regulations and no amendments to the … Read more
The terms policy and statement are often used interchangeably when referring to the notice that we provide on our website regarding accessibility, but they are different. There is a difference between a statement and a policy. And so with a statement, this is going to be that notice that is available on your website, it’s … Read more