I assembled some resources here based on an accessibility panel discussion for the Long Beach Chamber’s Women’s Business Council.
Does my site need to be accessible? Yes.
Note this also applies to mobile apps, email blasts, digital documents, such as PDFs, video, and audio content, etc.
The ADA has a page just for web guidance Opens in a new tab.
The ADA’s Title II fact sheet Opens in a new tab walks has easy-to-understand descriptions of the 2024 changes in the law with real-life examples.
Free automated checkers
WAVE Opens in a new tab is a free automated checker with field where you can drop in your URL, but is also available as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.
Accessibility Insights Opens in a new tab is another free browser extension with automated tests, but also offers some semi-manual testing. It has a tutorial Opens in a new tab.
Accessibility plugins for WordPress sites
I use Equalize Digital’s Accessibility Checker Opens in a new tab on all my clients’ sites. The free plan is quite robust, but there are paid versions (still quite reasonable, in my opinion) for larger, more complex sites.
Joe Dolson, one of the lead developers on the WordPress core accessibility team, also has a free plugin WP Accessibility Opens in a new tab, but I always encourage people to donate a little his way. Rather than being a checker, this does actually fix some common errors and flags other issues that need manual attention, such as adding alt text to images.
Legal stuff for non-lawyers
Usablenet has an ADA website compliance lawsuit tracker Opens in a new tab that’s updated monthly.
Lainey Feingold who has a great site aimed at non-lawyers. Her whole site is great, but here’s her write up on the AccessiBe filing: Overlay Company Sued for Breach of Contract, Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Opens in a new tab
Speaking of overlays, the Overlay Fact Sheet Opens in a new tabsite spells out some of the concerns of using them, rather than truly remediating your site.
Accessible documents
If you use Canva, consider using Vengage Opens in a new tab. At this point, Canva doesn’t export accessible documents.
If you use Google docs, look into adding GrackleDocs Opens in a new tab. Again, at this point Google itself is accessible, but doesn’t export accessible documents.