What is ADA website compliance?
Also called: ADA compliance
The short answer
ADA website compliance refers to making a site accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act, typically assessed against WCAG AA in practice.
ADA website compliance, explained
Courts and regulators have treated inaccessible websites of businesses open to the public as potential barriers. This is general information, not legal advice.
Questions people ask about ADA website compliance
What is ADA website compliance?
ADA website compliance refers to making a site accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act, typically assessed against WCAG AA in practice.
Related terms
WCAG is the international standard for web accessibility from the W3C, organised around four principles (perceivable, operable, understandable, robust) with levels A, AA and AAA.
Web accessibilityWeb accessibility means building sites everyone can use, including people who are blind, deaf, have limited movement or cognitive differences, whatever device or assistive technology they use.
Screen readerA screen reader is software that reads a page aloud or outputs it to braille, letting blind and low-vision people navigate by headings, links and landmarks.
ARIAARIA is a set of HTML attributes that describe roles, states and labels to assistive technology when native HTML elements cannot express them.
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