The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990) has been in effect on the web for over two decades. Section 508, an amendment to the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973, is a federal law directing that all electronic and information technology developed, obtained, maintained, or used by the federal government should be accessible to people with disabilities.
Webstix has ensured that our clients who request ADA-compliant websites are built with WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards. WCAG 2.0 is a set of formal guidelines that must be followed to comply with federal law. WCAG 2.0 success criteria are categorized into three different levels of conformance. WCAG comes in three levels: A, AA, and AAA. WCAG AAA compliance relates 100% with Section 508, severely impacting design, performance, and look and feel. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) breaks it down into four types of changes: POUR (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust).
Webstix follows specific steps to assess your website’s compliance level, such as having a website title to be unique, organized content with a heading tag, correct text color, Alt text for images, utilizing scripting languages to display content, etc. Learn how to improve your business website accessibility.
Validation Tools
Webstix will use the following validation tools for the ADA Compliance – Level AA:
Note: Webstix will use these tools to verify ADA compliance. However, if you prefer a different verification tool, please let us know to list your preferred validation tool as part of this proposal.
WP ADA Compliance Check Plugin
Webstix will use a WordPress plugin as part of the ADA compliance protocol for your website. The WordPress ADA Compliance Check plugin is a great tool to ensure that your website remains ADA-compliant even after the website is launched. This plugin will check for accessibility issues on your website while updating the site.
Accessibility Widget
The One Click Accessibility plugin is the fastest to help make your website more accessible. While most accessibility issues can’t be addressed without directly changing your content, One Click Accessibility adds helpful accessibility features like Resize font (increase/decrease), Grayscale, Negative Contrast, High Contrast, Light Background, etc.
You might also want to check out the AccessiBe plugin, an automated web accessibility solution for ADA & WCAG Compliance. The license cost is $490 per year.
