Sharing this split screen with me is a complaint filed by the Mizrahi Kroub Law Firm and the signing lawyer is William Downes. And so we’re going to look at the accessibility issues named in this complaint. The accessibility issues are: A. The website’s images and other non-text elements lack alternative text. B. The website … Read more
In video three of my most active plaintiffs law firm series, we’re looking at the Shaked Law Group with Dan Shaked and we’re looking at the accessibility issues that are claimed in his complaint. And this complaint was filed in February of 2023. And so on the screen with me, I’m going to read … Read more
In this video, we will be looking at a complaint filed in March of 2023 by the Stein Saks law firm, with the lawyer signing the complaint being Mark Rozenberg. Let’s go through some of the accessibility issues that are being claimed: The website lacks alternative text: many features on the website lack alternative text. … Read more
This video is the first in a mini-series I’m going to record over actual complaints filed in court. We’re going to look at the accessibility issues that are actually being claimed by the most active plaintiff’s law firms. I think this is so helpful because it will take out some of the ambiguity and make … Read more
I just released the WCAG course, and I see this as the perfect complement to the ADA compliance course, but it also stands alone. I recognize that people around the world want to improve their accessibility and incorporate the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines into their different digital assets. I’ve already got a checklist and guide … Read more
Alongside me on the screen is a spreadsheet, and the spreadsheet contains my WCAG 2.1 AA checklist. So just in and of itself, the spreadsheet provides value because it’s dynamic in that you can sort through the different columns and adjust the display in how you would like. But I’ve added a few additional columns … Read more
Accessibility improves usability and one way accessibility is going to help everyone is with the discontinuing of insufficient color contrast to for marketers to achieve the action they want. So on the screen I have this pop-up from a WordPress plugin and it asked for feedback and then you can enter the different feedback and … Read more
Something I’ve always disliked about the web accessibility marketplace is there are no viable options for small businesses and even medium-sized businesses. And this is because many website owners simply cannot afford $3,000 and up for an audit. So what ends up happening is many website owners choose an overly widget. And the reason they … Read more
I occasionally come across the defeatist notion that it’s impossible to make our websites WCAG conformant, or that we will never make our website ADA compliant. And I completely disagree. When it comes to WCAG conformance, what this really amounts to is a list of 50 things that we need to account for, and it’s … Read more
I received an email from someone asking about a freelance service, and the service promised to manually go through his website and fix accessibility issues and that each page would pass a WAVE and an Axe scan. In my reply, one of the things I wrote back is to keep in mind that you can … Read more
There is still confusion when it comes to website accessibility and what can be done through automation. So let’s start with all work must be performed manually, and that is the case when we are auditing a website, so finding accessibility issues and remediating a website, fixing accessibility issues. And we can’t combine automation with … Read more
There’s a video made by a lawyer, and his channel is Functional Lawyer. And the video is on ADA compliance for websites, and it ranks really well. The problem is that he doesn’t fully understand the material, so he gets some key things wrong. He has most things generally right. But as I’m listening to … Read more
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