Kris explains why WCAG isn't as difficult as it first seems.  This is not to say WCAG conformance is easy, but the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines also aren't impossible.  Once you understand the underlying principles of WCAG, web accessibility becomes easier.  

Think of how so few websites were mobile responsive a decade ago.  Now it's hard to find a website that isn't compatible with mobile devices.  Accessible websites will be similar, there's just a learning curve while people figure out what to do.  

#WCAG #WebAccessibility #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/.

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.

Kris discusses the main problem with website accessibility audits: they overwhelm the web teams working on them and, in many cases, some of the accessibility issues are never fixed.  Another problem is audits usually take 3-4 weeks to complete and then 2-4+ more months are involved in remediation.  

This leaves website owners exposed to litigation even after they've made a significant investment in accessibility and genuinely attempted to make their websites ADA compliant.  

While manual audits are essential for becoming WCAG 2.1 AA conformant, it is important that website owners strategically approach remediation so that they take care of the accessibility issues that are most commonly claimed first.  

By focusing on the commonly claimed issues first, remediation is simplified and will become more efficient and effective.  

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/ 

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.

Kris explains why website builder platforms like Godaddy, Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace won't guarantee ADA-compliant websites (and they shouldn't).  Kris goes on to discuss the key indicators that a website builder does take accessibility seriously (and gives you what you're looking for). 

 #ADACompliantWebsiteBuilders #GodaddyADACompliance #ShopifyADACompliance 

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.

Kris emphasizes the significance of the same plaintiffs' law firms filing 2/3 being responsible for website accessibility litigation. Per Accessibility.com, "Nearly 67% of all website accessibility lawsuits were filed by five law firms out of New York and California."  

The same website accessibility issues are being claimed over and over in litigation which means the best way to prevent "ADA website" lawsuits is to remediate the accessibility issues that are most commonly claimed by plaintiffs' law firms.  

I've incorporated all of the most commonly claimed issues in the ADA Compliance Course.  You can learn more about the course at https://adacompliance.net.

Signup for the 2022 Accessibility.com Accessibility Lawsuit Report here:  

https://www.accessibility.com/complete-report-2022-website-accessibility-lawsuits

#ADAWebsiteCompliance #ADAWebsiteLawsuit #WebsiteAccessibilityLawsuit 

The Accessibility.com YouTube channel can be found at  @accessibility0078.

Kris Rivenburgh illustrates how a website can be accessible (ADA compliant) despite a technical accessibility issue existing.  

#ADAWebsiteDefense #ADACompliance #ADADefense

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) so that you can hand the course over 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/

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

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.  

Kris Rivenburgh covers many compelling reasons for making your website accessible right now.  

Motivating factors include improving access for people with disabilities, improving your user experience, improving conversions, increasing sales, preventing litigation, and being materially compliant with future regulation/laws mandating website accessibility.  

#WebsiteAccessibility #WebAccessibility #adawebsitecompliance   

Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) so that you can hand the course over 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 

Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:  

The ADA Compliance Course is now available at 

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

Kris Rivenburgh explains that while there's no definite way to say a website is ADA compliant, we do know what best practices for ADA compliance are: 

1) making your website WCAG 2.1 AA conformant and

#ADACompliantWebsite #ADAComplianceWebsite #ADAWebsiteCompliance

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.

Sanjay Sabarwal of Sabarwal Law interviewed me on ADA website compliance and asked the questions that people really want to know about.  One thing I really like about Sanjay is he emphasizes ethics in all he does.  Sanjay Sabarwal heads Sabarwal Law and his practice areas include small business law.  Sanjay has experience in defending small businesses against "ADA website" litigation.  The interview is divided up into 18 parts.  All of the videos are linked below in order.  

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLUqa0OQtPU

Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m11Rp0y-4s

Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCaziTVELw

Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2dKYhDQLw8

Video 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp9UIsXJtTE

Video 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSulru6obY

Video 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aMZcXpAqw8

Video 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Mh83jGAfM

Video 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYxDDDhU-IU

Video 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDZgOVo3Q9s

Video 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P15GQ6DXIs

Video 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dadyUOvjPnY

Video 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3-9D3Btbg8

Video 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXwuDmvB2a4

Video 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfOn3MSXKCA

Video 16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2k4MpQpseM

Video 17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtpA21l1h3k

Video 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGRakC4gXf0 

You can find out more about Sanjay and his practice on his website and social channels: 

https://sabarwallaw.com

https://www.facebook.com/Sabarwallaw/

https://twitter.com/sabarwallaw

https://www.instagram.com/sabarwallaw/

#SabarwalLaw #SanjaySabarwal #CaliforniaBusinessLawyer

Learn more about the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, a cause of action named in many website accessibility complaints in California: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2uR3FmFoMI 

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.  

Kris's ADA Compliance Course trains your team on how to reduce the risk of website accessibility litigation.  

Buy the course at https://ADAcompliance.net.

Kris Rivenburgh explains his game-changing ADA Compliance Course that combines training, audits, and remediation for the most commonly claimed issues in website accessibility litigation.  

This description will be updated on how to purchase the course in January 2023.  Subscribe to this channel to find out as soon as The ADA Compliance Course is release.

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

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-course-reduces-risk/

Kris Rivenburgh differentiates an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) from a VPAT® or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template.  Although VPAT and ACR are commonly used interchangeably, there is a difference.  

A VPAT is the template used to create the ACR.  Once a VPAT is filled-in and finalized, it creates an ACR which addresses a product's accessibility and conformance with a given standard.  

There are four editions of VPATs:  

- Revised Section 508 standards 

- EN 301 549 

- WCAG 2.1 

- International (incorporates all standards)  

Watch Kris explain what a VPAT is: https://youtu.be/fCUxHzyUkx4

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/accessibility-conformance-report-acr-vpat/