The ADA Book

Kris shares a clip from a developer @ExpandTheRoom who states, "I think that companies that sell accessibility solutions try to frame accessibility as a black box that's impossible to understand. But I believe the concepts are not that difficult if you take the time to learn them."  

Exactly.  She has it 100% right.  Website accessibility isn't as hard as it's made out to be.  

Find out more from ExpandTheRoom:  

ExpandTheRoomChannel: https://www.youtube.com/@ExpandTheRoom 

Video Link with TimeStamp: https://youtu.be/yV_ENQZq3fs?t=198 

#AccessibilityNotThatHard #WebsiteAccessibilityServices #WebsiteAccessibility

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/.  

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:

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

https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisriven...  

The ADA Compliance Course is now 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.

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https://adabook.com/companies-sell-accessibility-impossible/

Kris Rivenburgh explains why most (ADA) website accessibility litigation ends up being settled. Plaintiffs' lawyers typically offer a settlement amount just low enough to make the defendant/respondent accept the offer and forgo the initial defense of the claim.  

#ADAWebsiteSettlement #WebsiteAccessibilityLawsuits #ADAWebsiteLawsuits 

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/.  

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:  

The ADA Compliance Course is now 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.

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Kris Rivenburgh removes the salesmanship from sales copy for automated website accessibility "testing".  Testing is an extremely generous term for what amounts to a website accessibility scan.  Also, a scan and audit aren't "combined".  A manual audit is performed and a scan is a helpful tool used by accessibility experts auditing a website to help find issues and reduce incidence of error.  However, even issues flagged by a scan still must be manually reviewed. 

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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/.  

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:  

The ADA Compliance Course is now 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.

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Kris differentiates preventing website accessibility litigation (demand letters and lawsuits) vs. an ADA compliant website vs. WCAG conformance.  WCAG 2.1 AA conformance is a best practice for both preventing litigation and ADA compliance, but it usually takes several months to reach full conformance.  

In the meantime, it is best to address those accessibility issues that plaintiffs' law firms look for when deciding what entities to initiate litigation against.  

#ADAWebsiteLawsuits #ADAWebsiteCompliance #WCAGConformance 

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) so that you can give the course to your team as instructions for how 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.

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Kris Rivenburgh reframes what ADA compliance "checkers" actually are as well as their benefits and limitations when it comes to website accessibility.  

#ADAComplianceChecker #ADAWebsiteComplianceChecker #WebsiteAccessibilityChecker 

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.

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Kris Rivenburgh presents on why it's so difficult to sort through the available products and services for website accessibility (presumably to help with ADA compliance and preventing litigation).  Researching the market is a difficult task in and of itself for many reasons.  One reason is because different sellers are selling different things.  

Here is a list of some of the more visible sellers that offer products and services in the website accessibility space:  

AccessiBe

There are literally dozens of other organizations that offer website accessibility products and services.  

To help understand what each seller is offering, it's best to bucket the different sellers into 5 categories:  

1. automated "solutions": work under the premise of you can make your website accessible/compliant and prevent litigation through an accessibility widget, commonly referred to as an overlay. They don't edit your code or remediate your content and they don't make your website WCAG conformant and they haven't prevented lawsuits.  

2. automated scans & reporting: center around the ability to scan a website and produce reports of the results and progress made. Maintenance and monitoring with alerts are a part of the product but manual service work is avoided.  

3. mid-tier agency audits: primarily offer a manual accessibility audit and consultation. Limited in capacity as they are typically small businesses.  

4. user testing services: offer actual user testing from professionals with disabilities along with support. Usually small business/agency types or non-profits.  

5. enterprise level packages: large company with at least 15 employees and a sales team. Primarily deal with larger organizations (e.g., government agencies, well known corporations). They feature a manual audit along with a suite of additional products and services including training and support.  

Review sites also contribute to the confusion.  Review sites include:  

AccessibilityChecker.org

Almost all of the review sites that rank in Google distort reality with favorable write-ups on overlay widgets alongside more tepid write-ups of genuine accessibility service providers.  

#WebsiteAccessibilityServices #WebsiteAccessibility #ADAWebsiteComplianceServices 

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Kris explains why website owners will be extremely excited about the ADA Compliance Course: it's created to be an SOP (step by step instructions) that website owners can give their team.  This will enable their team to find (audit) and fix (remediate) their website.  

#ADAWebsiteTraining #ADAWebsiteCourse #WebsiteAccessibilityTraining 

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  https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisrivenburgh 

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.

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Kris answers a LinkedIn message that asks about the risk of being sued while working on website accessibility.  

ADA Compliance for websites is a gray area, but for practical purposes, think of the Americans with Disabilities Act in terms of absolutes: either you're in compliance or you're not.  

#ADAWebsiteRemediation #WebsiteAccessibilityRemediation #CanIGetSued

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  https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisrivenburgh 

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.

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Kris explains why the ADA Compliance Course is more than just an SOP (step-by-step instructions) for your team, it's also training for your team that will save you time and money.  

You can learn more about the ADA Compliance Course at https://adacompliance.net.  

#WebsiteAccessibilityTraining #WebAccessibilityTraining #ADAWebsiteTraining 

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  https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisrivenburgh 

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.

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Kris gives a brief demo using the WAVE scan tool to show why WAVE is the best website accessibility software.  WAVE is simple, intuitive, and easy to use for anybody.  And it's completely free for single page scans.  

Kris also explains that there is no software that automatically make your website accessible.  You may come across "automated solutions" that are referred to as overlays, widgets, plugins, apps, toolbars, etc.  These overlays do not make your website accessible.  

Note that the WAVE scan (sometimes called an ADA compliance checker) is an incomplete scan in that a manual review is required for issues that are flagged and the scan cannot detect all accessibility issues.  

WAVE is make available by WebAIM, a reputable organization that offers website accessibility services and training.  

You can access WAVE at https://wave.webaim.org.  

#WAVEAccessibility #AccessibilitySoftware #WebsiteAccessibilitySoftware 

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.