For individuals with disabilities, using websites, online software, and apps can be difficult. However, the development of assistive technology (AT) has played a large part in helping those individuals navigate through the web and understand the ...
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WCAG Conformance Levels Comparison: Which One You Should Follow
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have are various levels of conformance that your website and content can follow for accessibility. The WCAG conformance levels range from A (lowest), AA, to AAA (highest). It can be difficult to know ...
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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 ...
Accessibility Glossary
When you're just getting started learning website accessibility best practices, creating accessible web content can sometimes feel overwhelming. There are a large number of terms to remember if you want to understand website accessibility. We've ...
Accessibility & ADA Compliance Testing for Websites
Creating an accessible website is key in today's technological landscape. But how can you make sure that you're creating accessible web content that's ADA compliant? Well, one of the simplest ways is to perform accessibility testing and ADA ...
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508 Compliance Testing: What You Need to Know
In 1998, President Clinton signed into law the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. This law strengthened section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which was (and still is) of great importance to website accessibility. If you work for a ...
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Web Accessibility: POUR Acronym Explained
When learning about accessible web best practices, you may have come across the POUR acronym which comes from four principles that are used to create the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). About WCAG and the Principles of Web ...
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WordPress Accessibility and the Gutenberg Editor
When WordPress 5.0 was released in December of 2018, it came with a new feature: the Gutenberg editor. This new editor boasted a ton of exciting elements that were meant to increase the flexibility and improve the experience of editing content in ...
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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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Happy Birthday, WCAG! W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are 20 Years Old This Week
20 years ago, on May 5, 1999, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), announced the first edition of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The guidelines have been updated over the years, but we wanted to look back at the way that they ...
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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WCAG 2.1 Explained
When creating content for your website, you want to ensure that it is accessible. This means that website visitors with disabilities, such as visual, auditory, or cognitive disabilities, will be able to use your website successfully. To use your ...