Achieving digital accessibility compliance is one of the business goals that all organizations need to REALIZE for their digital assets. Apart from policy, knowledge and resources, cost is the most principal factor every enterprise needs to consider. In 2022 alone, more than 4000 lawsuits were filed against various small, medium, and large enterprises for not…
A VPAT® or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template is the template we use to create an ACR or Accessibility Conformance Report. This guide will instruct you on how to best fill-in and successfully complete the VPAT. This guide is based on the information found on the ITIC’s VPAT training PowerPoints and Section508.gov. Further, it’s important to…
Although The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act both protect against discrimination on the basis of disability, they are distinct laws that are completely different in scope. Let’s examine both laws and then highlight the differences. ADA The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that…
There were days of frustration last year when I couldn’t download apps via App Store on my iPhone. I sign out of my account and signed back in. I reset my iCloud account password. I refilled my Apple account with money too. But nothing worked. Then I realized my mistake. I had turned on Face…
You need to make sure your digital products and services meets level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) as a minimum. If the websites and apps do not meet WCAG 2.1 AA, you may be breaking the laws such as: You’ll also need to: The best way to meet accessibility requirements…
The first step towards meeting the accessibility requirements involves evaluating how accessible your website, mobile App, documents etc. are. This requires checking whether or not it meets the international WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines. Checking this in detail requires a large amount of technical expertise and is best left to either: Some organizations will not have…
