The ADA Book

Kris Rivenburgh explains compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act as it relates to website accessibility for private  organizations.  Under Section 504, recipients of federal assistance must  make their websites accessible.

Just as with Section 508, the standard for website accessibility is WCAG 2.0 AA as of 2023.

Resources:

https://www.section508.gov/blog/do-section-508-accessibility-standards-apply-to-mywebsite/

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/section-504-compliance-website-accessibility/

Kris Rivenburgh explains how to certify your website is accessible / "ADA Compliant" in 2023.  The two best ways are a conformance statement and user testing report.  A conformance statement needs to be issued using the 5 requirements for a statement of conformance (as published by the W3C under their Web Accessibility Initiative or WAI).

A conformance statement also needs to be from a reputable provider to have credibility.  User testing performed by a panel of accessibility professionals with diverse disabilities is a more informal but highly practical way of certifying your website as accessible.  A clear user testing report can prevent litigation and/or help get a case dismissed.

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/how-to-certify-website-accessible-ada-compliant-2023/

Kris Rivenburgh explains the difference between Section 508 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for private entities as it relates to compliance for website accessibility.  Section 508 applies to vendors that contract with federal agencies and  may include websites / web content involved in the procurement process.

Section 504 applies to recipients of federal assistance / aid / funding.  Examples of entities that fall under 504 include universities or  colleges, educational institutions, private or public schools, nursing  homes, hospitals, and mental health centers.

WCAG 2.0 AA is the current standard under the law for website accessiblity.

Sources:

https://www.epa.gov/accessibility/what-section-508

https://www.section508.gov/blog/do-section-508-accessibility-standards-apply-to-mywebsite

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/section-508-vs-504-compliance-website-accessibility/

Kris Rivenburgh covers the cost of making your website accessible / ADA  compliant in 2023.  Kris generalizes the average price for a reputable service provider to fully audit and remediate your website at $12,500.

The cost of website accessibility depends on multiple factors including complexity of the website, number of pages / screens within scope, and state of accessibility among other things.

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/cost-website-accessibility-audit-remediation-services/

Kris Rivenburgh explains why monitoring services for website  accessibility sound nice in theory but don't make sense in practice.  The sales premise is that you will receive an email alert the second  there are any accessibility issues introduced on your website, but this  is impractical and unnecessary.

If there are any changes to your website, one or more people on your  digital team will know about them and they can always run an automated  scan for free at https://wave.webaim.org before or after the changes are published live.

There's no need to have 24/7 or daily monitoring for website accessibility.

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/monitoring-website-accessibility-unnecessary/

Kris Rivenburgh explains how you can significantly reduce the cost of digital accessibility through training.  When you train your in-house team (employees, staff, etc.) and outside contributors (contractors, vendors, etc.), accessibility will become a part of your process as your digital personnel add accessibility to their skillset and knowledgebase.

While you can make use of expert services such as audits, user testing, remediation, consulting, etc. later on, once your team is trained, you'll know exactly what you need and you won't need ongoing services (i.e., subscriptions or SAAS agreements) because you're always in a state of auditing and remediating.

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-upfront-cost-training/

Kris Rivenburgh covers options when your website (or other digital asset) is reliant upon a third-party integration (e.g., plugin, app, widget, embed, platform, software, etc.) that isn't accessible / WCAG conformant but you want to make sure that you're compliant with the ADA and/or other laws.

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/third-party-integrations-ada-compliance/

Kris Rivenburgh explains that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are not the law and they never are.

The current legal standard under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is meaningful access.  WCAG may be incorporated into the law, but these accessibility guidelines are technical standards.

This is why WCAG compliance is improper terminology, we must be in compliance with the law, but not technical standards.  Even though Section 508 has incorporated WCAG 2.0 AA into its standards, WCAG is still not the law.

Moreover, perfect WCAG conformance is a gray area, because a digital asset can still be accessible despite not meeting one or more success criteria.

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/ada-compliance-wcag-not-legal-standard-websites/

Kris Rivenburgh explains what the California Unruh Civil Rights Act is and how it's related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and website accessibility complaints / lawsuits and demand letters.

While there is a great technical argument that the Unruh Act only applies to physical structures of businesses in California, plaintiffs' law firms are nevertheless initiating litigation against digital assets of companies headquartered in other states.

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-unruh-civil-rights-act-website-accessibility-lawsuits/

Kris Rivenburgh explains why the WAVE automated scan tool for website accessibility is the single best starting point for reducing risk of ADA compliance litigation / lawsuits.  WAVE is free and plaintiffs' law firms frequently rely upon WAVE to find accessibility issues to serve as the basis for claims in demand letters and/or complaints.

Once you have reduced your WAVE errors and alerts to zero, you have significantly reduced your risk of ADA website litigation (i.e., you're less likely to receive a demand letter or have a formal complaint / lawsuit filed against you).

WAVE is free to use at https://wave.webaim.org or you can download the WAVE browser extension for Firefox or Chrome.

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/zero-errors-wave-scan-reduces-risk-lawsuits/