The ADA Book

Kris Rivenburgh explains the difference between WCAG 2.2 vs. 2.1 and 2.0 and then provides a quick overview of the seven new success criteria  found in WCAG 2.2 AA.

WCAG 2.2 AA contains 57 success criteria.  WCAG 2.1 AA contains 50  success criteria.  WCAG 2.0 AA contains 38 success criteria.  Each  subsequent version is backwards compatible which means no previous  versions have been undone, only added to.

The new AA success criteria are:

Read the full W3C document:

https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/

Watch Kris explain WCAG 2.1 vs. 2.0 in more detail: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExUopePo8N4

Read Kris's landmark article on ADA website compliance:

https://krisrivenburgh.medium.com/the-ada-checklist-website-compliance-guidelines-for-2019-in-plain-english-123c1d58fad9

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook 

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/wcag-2-2-vs-2-1-aa-difference/

Kris Rivenburgh discusses notable 2023 updates to the ADA website  compliance legal landscape.  A continuing decline in litigation (demand letters, complaints / lawsuits), DOJ regulation on website accessibility, and WCAG 2.2 release will all shape 2023.

Kris will also release his ADA Compliance Course which will dramatically  reduce the cost of website accessibility while lowering the risk of  litigation for website owners.

Read Kris's landmark article on ADA Compliance for websites:

https://krisrivenburgh.medium.com/the-ada-checklist-website-compliance-guidelines-for-2019-in-plain-english-123c1d58fad9

Watch Kris lay out the foundation for ADA website compliance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyCWfnsz2Fg

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook 

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/2023-updates-ada-website-compliance/

Kris Rivenburgh explains why Fiverr is a stew of bad website accessibility and ADA compliance gigs.  Most outright admit they will install a toolbar / plugin as part of the service.

What's problematic is buyers don't know whether they're actually receiving any value from  the services.  Accessibility services on Fiverr include VPATs, PDF and Word document  accessibility, Section 508 compliance, website remediation, and more.

The best case scenario for many "audit" buyers is they get a free scan repurposed as an audit.

Watch Kris explain why plugins won't make your website ADA compliant:

https://youtu.be/uifT4MatTKo

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook  

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript: 

https://adabook.com/fiverr-web-accessibility-services-ada-compliance-bad/

Kris Rivenburgh covers the most important considerations before you choose a service provider for website accessibility in 2023.

The keys to buying services are:

Watch Kris discuss what you're really looking for from accessibility companies vs. what they're selling you:

https://youtu.be/KHRKWVST9lo

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook  

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/website-accessibility-buyers-guide-2023/

Kris Rivenburgh discusses the multiple layers to ADA compliance for  websites in 2023.  For the majority of private entities, the practical answer is, yes, the ADA applies, and you should make your website  accessible despite looming technical exceptions (one being there is no law or regulation that explicitly mandates website accessibility).

Some layers to consider:  

Resources:

ADA Title III Technical Assistance Manual:

https://archive.ada.gov/taman3.html

Read Kris's landmark article on ADA Compliance for websites:

https://krisrivenburgh.medium.com/the-ada-checklist-website-compliance-guidelines-for-2019-in-plain-english-123c1d58fad9

Watch Kris explain why having less than 15 employees doesn't except you from Title III ADA compliance:

https://youtu.be/tPp-_BVIvMc

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook 

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/2023-compliance-ada-apply-every-website/

Kris Rivenburgh explains why "WCAG Compliance" is the wrong terminology.

Always use conformance when referring to WCAG because WCAG is a set of voluntary standards and not the law.

Use compliance when referring to mandatory requirements from a governing body (e.g., the law or regulations).  

Examples:

Watch Kris explain why WCAG is not the legal standard under the  Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), meaningful access is:

https://youtu.be/IXWDiMTlOmk

Read Kris's landmark article on ADA Compliance for websites:

https://krisrivenburgh.medium.com/the-ada-checklist-website-compliance-guidelines-for-2019-in-plain-english-123c1d58fad9  

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook 

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/conformance-vs-compliance-wcag-ada/

Kris Rivenburgh explains why investor relations or IR pages and not the main websites are being sued over accessibility by plaintiffs' law firms  in "ADA website" litigation.

This is because of standing. Plaintiffs' name investor relations pages because these are available and open to the public and invite interest from everyone whereas the offering from the business side of the website may preclude a plaintiff from participation (e.g., due to membership restrictions).

Watch Kris's overview of ADA website compliance:  https://youtu.be/HsTpHj7s-Xs

Read Kris's landmark article on ADA Compliance for websites:

https://krisrivenburgh.medium.com/the-ada-checklist-website-compliance-guidelines-for-2019-in-plain-english-123c1d58fad9

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook 

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/investor-relations-ir-pages-targeted-ada-website-lawsuits/

Kris discusses the monumental California Court of Appeals decision in the Martinez v. Cot’n Wash, Inc. case.  The result is plaintiffs can no longer successfully sue online-only businesses in California state and federal court.

This is a big set back for serial plaintiffs' law firms who file website accessibility complaints in California state and federal court like Pacific Trial Attorneys and Wilshire Law Firm.

Now complaints brought under the California Unruh Civil Rights Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for website (in) accessibility cannot be successfully litigated against online-only businesses because websites themselves have been ruled to not be places of public accommodation.

However, this doesn't mean that litigation can't continue against businesses where websites have a nexus to a physical location.  Moreover, this doesn't mean that online-only businesses cannot be successfully sued in other state courts / circuit courts.

Source:  https://www.adatitleiii.com/2022/08/websites-are-not-a-public-accommodation-under-the-ada-says-california-court-of-appeals/

Watch my video explaining the California Unruh Civil Rights Act: https://youtu.be/E2uR3FmFoMI

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook 

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/california-plaintiffs-cant-win-website-accessibility-lawsuits-online-only/

AccessiBe aggressively displays logos of corporate giants - some of the  largest companies in the world, but their social proof is frequently deceptive.

In this instance, I screenrecord how AccessiBe makes use of  State Farm's logo twice on their homepage to indicate use by State Farm when the linked page is a subdomain of CESpecialties.com, a company that makes custom merchandise and novelties.

If AccessiBe would deceive you into believing State Farm uses their overlay widget (which, of course, doesn't make websites accessible, WCAG  conformant, etc.), what about AccessiBe's reviews and testimonials?

How many of those are from people who don't receive compensation from  AccessiBe?

Note that I cannot find any instance of State Farm having ever used or  been associated with AccessiBe or AccessiBe.com.  To the contrary, it appears as if State Farm approaches accessibility legitimately and there is a genuine accessibility posted on StateFarm.com:  

https://www.statefarm.com/about-us/diversity-inclusion/accessibility-statement

Watch my video on how AccessiBe doesn't stop website accessibility lawsuits:

https://youtu.be/RHiLx34FZOc

Transcript:

https://adabook.com/state-farm-doesnt-use-overlay-widget-accessibe/

Kris Rivenburgh explains that Title III the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to small businesses.  Title I can as well, if the small business employees 15 or more employees.

In terms of "ADA website compliance", this can mean that, litigation may be initiated against a small business.  How, when, and if the ADA applies to online-only businesses depends on the state or federal court you're in, in 2023.

Watch this related video on the ADA - 15 employees myth:  https://youtu.be/tPp-_BVIvMc

Resources:  https://www.ada.gov/resources/title-iii-primer/

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.

Watch Kris on YouTube @adabook:

https://youtube.com/@adabook

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook 

The ADA Compliance Course is available at https://ADACompliance.net.

Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.

Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets.  You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.

Transcript: https://adabook.com/does-title-iii-ada-apply-small-businesses/