Page 4 - Primer on Accessibility

Practical Information From WCASG

ADA Regulations Now Apply To Your Website & Digital Assets

Know The Law ~ The number of website accessibility lawsuits being led each year is growing rapidly. According

to legal experts Seyfarth Shaw, more than 800 Federal lawsuits were led against inaccessible websites in 2017. Protect

your company, organization, or agency. Take the necessary steps to make your website compliant for people with
disabilities today.

Here are the primary guidelines
governing the new ADA accessibility

standards for websites (and digital

assets), as required by U.S. law:

The Americans with

Disabilities Act

Created in 1990, the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) is a U.S. civil

rights law prohibiting discrimination

against people with disabilities “in all
aspects of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the

general public.” The Act originally applied to brick and mortar locations only.

Title II of the ADA applies to Public Services (State and Local Government) and Title III applies to Public

Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities. While the ADA doesn’t currently have speci c
requirements regarding digital accessibility, in the last several years, U.S. courts have often interpreted Title II and Title

III as applying to web-based content and services.

Since there are no speci c digital accessibility requirements laid out by the ADA, legally, organizations must follow the

WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W2C).

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