Ensure Your Website is ADA Compliant
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil law that mandates the inclusion of people with disabilities to have access to public life at the same level as their peers. While ADA compliance is not mandatory for your business’ website, it is a best practice to follow the WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines to provide accessible solutions to all website users. In order to make your website accessible to everyone, there are a few steps your business needs to take to align with ADA standards.
ADA compliance checklist for your website:
Include page titles on every page
Structure text content using proper heading tags
Space text to ensure adequate line spacing
Include sufficient color contrast
Utilize fonts that are accessible
Ensure all PDF files are accessible
Make website accessible with keyboard navigation
Have easily locatable contact information
Ensure all media and image files and maps have “alt” text or an alt tag in 125 characters or less
Include online forms that have descriptive html tags
Use hyperlinks with a descriptive anchor text
Ensure all call-to-action buttons have an accessible name to clearly describe the purpose of each
Include subtitles/captions on all videos (consider transcripts or audio description)
Have a website accessibility policy page
Test the website accessibility according to the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines
Regularly check website accessibility and ADA compliance to prevent future accessibility issues
ADA compliance is frequently changing. It is crucial to be proactive and keep up to date with the current standards. One way to do this is by testing your website regularly with an ADA compliance website checker - which the team at Sunday Brunch Agency can do for you. Just because your website is meeting compliance standards today doesn’t mean it will stay that way. Most websites have at least small changes regularly and assessing compliance manually is tedious. Every time you make a change to your website, even something simple like adding a blog article or updating your team photo, you need to re-check compliance. To ensure your website is ADA compliant, reach out to the team at Sunday Brunch Agency.
Contact: info@sundaybrunchagency.com