Website Accessibility
& ADA Compatibility

Disclaimer: Getting ADA website compliant with the extensive list of ADA regulations can be a nightmare if you don’t have a widget like UserWay and hiring a developer to make the changes to your site to ensure it adheres to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1). In our experience, it’s almost imposible to make a website 100% ADA Compliant. Our goal is to get websites ADA Compatible as much as we can without significant costs. Nor can we ever guarantee that any site is adheres 100% to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).

The FREE version of the UserWay widget (or any FREE ADA Plugin) will make your website accessibility ADA compatible, but not 100% adhering to WCAG 2.1.. Since many of the ADA regulations are still somewhat vague, you will need to consult a lawyer to ensure full compliance.

Maine Hosting Solutions is an Authorized Userway Agent that includes Accessibility and ADA Compatibility in their All-Inclusive Web Development Plans.

So if you’re looking to save time and money from getting all the changes done yourself, read below and fully understand how UserWay can help you become ADA compatibe.

Powerful, Scalable, Lightweight and Secure Website Accessibility

UserWay’s cloud-based accessibility solutions provide a powerful, scalable, lightweight and secure compliance solution for your website.

Userway is installed on your WordPress website via a plugin. It then further configured to fit into your website without distracting from its design, or interfering with any navigation elements.

What Do I Need To Accomplish Website Accessibility and ADA Compliant?

ADA stands for the Americans with Disabilities Act, and it helps create standards that all information and electronic information needs to abide by. This helps people with disabilities like the seeing or hearing impaired to access information on the internet and other online resources. The act includes websites, and over the years, many of the bigger name brands have been susceptible to lawsuits from lawyers representing individuals with disabilities.

But you don’t have to be a multi-million dollar company to be accused of not abiding by the ADA. Hundreds of smaller websites and brands are being sued for not having the correct standards in place. Because the ADA standards are still somewhat vague in their interpretation, it can be hard to know exactly what you need to change in order to be compliant.

The suggestions below are a great starting point for knowing which changes you need to make to improve Website Accessibility.

• Include alt text for all pictures
• Video and audio on sites must have a transcript available
• All videos must include closed captioning
• Use proper markups for websites content
• Present content in a meaningful order
• Detailed instructions can’t rely on one sensory ability
• Color alone can’t convey information
• All audio must include user controls
• The text needs to have the ability to be resized by 200%
• No images of text unless necessary
• All functions and content need to be accessed by keyboard only
• Must be able to navigate the website using keyboard only
• Users must be able to adjust time limits on a site
• Animations must have the capability to be controlled by the user
• No elements can flash more than three times in one second
• Skip to navigation link leads people to content and pass header

These are just some of the suggestions provided, but you can see a full list of ADA compliance guidelines.