The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) was created by the Ontarian government in 2005. This act was created to establish and enforce a set of standards for accessibility in the public sector. While the ultimate goal of the ...
Web Accessibility Laws & Court Cases
Accessibility Requirements for Healthcare Websites
Year after year, the number of website accessibility lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) continues to rise. The healthcare industry is especially susceptible to accessibility lawsuits as doctors' offices, dental practices, and ...
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ADA Compliance and Your Website
As we discussed in our post on WCAG 2.1, when you create any type of web content, whether it's a website or web application, you need to ensure that the content you're creating is accessible and useable by all people. When considering how you can ...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Domino’s Case In Website Accessibility Lawsuit
For many visually impaired web users, screen readers are an important tool to access web content. So, when Guillermo Robles, who is blind, was unable to use his screen reading software to order a pizza from Domino's, he decided to take action. And, ...
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Settlement in Voting Rights Case Requires County Voting Website Accessibility
When participating in an election, whether local or federal, you may not think twice about your ability to cast your vote privately. But for 5 visually impaired voters in Alameda County, their right to privacy was taken away thanks to broken voting ...
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U.S. Department of Justice Affirms That the ADA Applies to Websites
After a recent surge of website accessibility lawsuits, 103 members of Congress, led by Ted Budd (R-NC), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The letter implored the DOJ to provide clarity and guidance with regard to website ...
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