In 2019, there were 120,000 Web Accessibility Lawsuits, a 300% increase from the prior year.
Web accessibility increase your potential customer base by millions.
Government and government-related contracts require Web Accessibility.
Web Accessibility demonstrates your commitment to human flourishing.
Background and Typical Process
In 2018, the Department of Justice affirmed that the ADA law applies to all websites. This resulted in a 300% increase in ADA papers served. The primary targets of these lawsuits are necessary, public-facing companies in the hospitality, finance, and other retail business areas.
Being Compliant with the WCAG Level AA standard is widely considered the baseline requirement for websites in the United States. While your website doesn’t have to be Compliant immediately, it is important to show a good-faith effort and plan to make your website Compliant in the future.
Given the increase in demand letters and as much as 93% of these lawsuits are settled out of court for an average of 30K and up, there is a compelling business reason to take action immediately to begin making your website accessible.
We recommend the following (this is not legal advice, rather heuristics based on experience):
For Content and Front-end Website Remediation
The above diagram illustrates the power of an AI-assisted process.
Even when using AI, human-led audits are required to bring the website into full Compliance. If a product is advertising that a website can become fully Compliant by just adding a JavaScript tag, you should be skeptical. Our audit/Remediation tools will reduce the number of manual audits required, saving time and money in the Remediation process.
The Likelihood of an Accessibility lawsuit verses various Website Certification/Compliance approaches.
*Does not include the cost of internal or external website Remediation development costs which can vary widely depending on your website platform, content, and pages. Typical costs range from $5K to $25K to remediate a website. A website front-end redesign may be cost-justified.
**Indemnification is an optional add-on to this program.
We Offer the Lowest Costs and Fastest Certification Turn-around Times in the Industry due to our Technology and Processes
We are strategic partners with Online ADA located in Portland, Oregon, which performs Human-led ADA/S508 Audits and Certifications. OnlineADA is also the maker of MaxAccess Pro, accessibility tools for webmasters, content managers, and developers.
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