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ADA & WCAG Compliance Lawsuit Are On The Rise...
Website Owners Are Getting Sued Left & Right - You May Just Be Next!
Something is currently going on and it’ll only be a matter of time before it gets to you or your company! Website owners are being targeted and sued for a law they are ignorant of!
It’s the ‘ADA’ act and WCAG which requires businesses to make accommodations for people with disabilities in ALL their web and digital content.
ADA is an acronym for American’s With Disability Act and WCAG, Website Content Accessibility Guidance. In short, you need to be ADA & WCAG compliant, because authorities aren’t messing around one bit. If you think it’s a game, let me assure you that it’s not. Everything is coming under scrutiny; websites, apps, and pdfs included. All of these are susceptible to lawsuits and litigation.
What The Heck is
ADA & WCAG?
The "Americans with Disability Act" provides that web content should be accessible to the blind, deaf, and all those who must navigate by voice, screen readers or other assistive technologies . . .
Text to speech
Dyslexia Friendly
Text magnifier
Text alignment
Epilepsy safe mode
Blindness Mode
Visually Impaired Mode
ADHD Friendly Mode
Dark & Light contrast
High & Low saturation
Text & Title colour
Monochrome
Virtual keyboards
Stop animations
Reading guide
Keyboard navigation
And Many More!
An historic supreme court judgment a few years ago caused a surge in website owners being sued for non-compliance with ADA
1,700+ legal cases related to non-accessibility compliance in New York alone in 2020 . . .
More than 100,000 websites sued in 2022 for their website not being ADA compliant. This number is expected to hit 500k by next year - 2023
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Unlike GDPR, The ADA law requires no notice before a lawsuit is filed against a company for non-compliance.
Here Is ADA In The NEWS TODAY!
Lawsuits Targeting Websites Over ADA Violations Are On The Rise - Scary Stuff!
Fox Business News
ABC Action News
NBC News
KPIX CBS SF Bay Area
No One Is Safe!
Doesn't Matter If You Are A:
CEO
A Local Consultant
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A Doctor, Chiropractor etc.
An Ecommerce Store Owner
An Affiliate Marketer
A Web Developer
A Local Business Owner
An Online
Marketer
A Realtor
Any Type of Profession
Just take a look at these statistics when it comes to ADA & WCAG compliance:
Lawsuits are mounting and are expected to increase…
The Department of Justice has backed ADA website Lawsuits.
$6,000,000 was the Settlement Cost of a Recent Case.
$50,000+ is the Average Legal Cost to Small Businesses.
More than 10,000 websites sued as at 2020 due to non compliance. This number is expected to hit 100k by 2023.
Note: The law DOES NOT provide time for a company to take action before a lawsuit is filed, and it offers no real defense to a company after a lawsuit has been filed!
Why You Need To Pay Attention To Your Compliance Status?
... Plus Tap Into The $650Billion/Year Disability Market
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If you ever thought that the blind, deaf and physically challenged don’t use the internet or shop online just like you do then you need to have a RE-THINK!
Having your website/web contents ADA compliant gives you an easy ‘Foot In The Door’ into this multi-billion dollar disability market!
But How Do You Get Your Website To Be ADA & WCAG Compliant?
Truth us, it’s not close to being easy . . .
You’ll have to go through TONS AND TONS of your digital assets HOPING that you’ll get everything compliant on your site.
And even if you take care of current items on your site, what about all the other pages, files, videos, audio files, and more that are lurking in the dark recesses of your server that you’ve forgotten about?
"To try and sort through each and every one of these items, making sure they are ADA & WCAG compliant could take you weeks or even months!"
Not to mention that you'll need to;
Have training
Have a web accessibility policy page
Make a web accessibility statement
Appoint an accessibility coordinator
Hiring an independent consultant, (depending on how large your business is)
Invite feedback
And many more!
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Guess What . . . ADA is Great For SEO Too!
Becoming ADA compliant simply means making your site more accessible . .
Did you know that having an accessible website is so important that Google gives it more relevance than one that isn’t accessible?
So by not having an accessible website for disabled people, you could be losing out on a ton of potential customers which means losing out on more potential revenue.
Just another reason to get your web content to be ADA Compliant now!
