How to Conduct a Website Accessibility Audit: A Step-By-Step Guide
A step-by-step guide to conducting a website accessibility audit: defining scope, automated scanning, manual keyboard and screen …
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Practical, plain-English guides to WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 — from testing strategy to remediation and the law.
Web Accessibility for Aging Populations: Designing for Older Adults
The fastest growing group of web users is older adults, and most websites are not designed for them. Learn how vision, hearing, …
Web Accessibility for Aging Populations: How to Design Websites That Work for Older Adults
Older adults are one of the largest and fastest growing groups of web users, and many of them live with age related changes in …
Accessible Email Design: How to Create Emails That Work for Everyone
Email is one of the most powerful communication channels, but if your emails are not accessible, you are excluding millions of …
Ecommerce Accessibility: How to Make Your Online Store Work for Every Shopper
Checkout is where online stores lose disabled shoppers — and where ADA lawsuits start. Get the WCAG requirements for e-commerce, …
WCAG 2.2: The 9 New Success Criteria Explained (What Changed From 2.1)
What changed from WCAG 2.1 to 2.2? All 9 new success criteria explained in plain English — target size, focus not obscured, …
Accessible Data Tables: How to Build HTML Tables That Work for Everyone
Data tables can be a major accessibility barrier when built poorly. Learn how to create HTML tables that screen readers understand, …
Accessible Typography: The Complete Guide to Readable, WCAG-Compliant Text
A practical guide to accessible typography: WCAG font size and contrast requirements, line height and spacing rules, and how to test …
Web Accessibility Overlays: Why They Fall Short and What to Do Instead
Accessibility overlays and widgets promise one click compliance, but they often create more problems than they solve. Learn why …
Accessible PDFs and Documents: How to Make Digital Files Work for Everyone
PDFs and other digital documents are a major accessibility blind spot for many organizations. Learn what makes a document …
Screen Reader Accessibility: How to Make Your Website Work for Users Who Cannot See It
Screen readers are essential tools for blind and low vision users. Learn how screen readers interact with your website, what WCAG …
Web Accessibility and SEO: How They Work Together to Boost Your Reach
Web accessibility and search engine optimization share more in common than you might think. Learn how making your site accessible …
Keyboard Accessibility: How to Make Your Website Navigable Without a Mouse
Keyboard traps, invisible focus rings, and missing skip links lock users out. Learn the WCAG keyboard requirements and the exact …
Color Blindness and Web Accessibility: Designing for Every Type of Color Vision
Color blindness affects roughly 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women. Learn how color vision deficiencies impact web use and what you can …
Mobile Web Accessibility: Designing for Every Screen and Every User
Mobile devices account for the majority of web traffic, yet mobile accessibility is often an afterthought. Here's how to make sure …
Accessible Forms: A Practical Guide to Making Web Forms Usable for Everyone
Forms are one of the most common — and most frustrating — interactions on the web. Here's how to make them accessible to everyone, …
Web Accessibility in 2026: Deadlines, Laws & Compliance Guide
ADA Title II deadlines, EU Accessibility Act enforcement, and rising lawsuits make 2026 a pivotal year for web accessibility. Here …
Introducing the New Accessible Metrics: Scan, Fix, and Prove Compliance in One Place
The new Accessible Metrics is here — six reports in every scan, Fix It Mode for fast remediation, one-click VPAT and accessibility …
Automated vs Manual Accessibility Testing
Comparing automated vs manual accessibility testing can be confusing. We'll explain each and when to conduct each one for your …
Voice Search: Bringing Web Accessibility and Convenience Together in 2020
Voice search invites changes to the web landscape that can benefit all users. Take note of these changes to reap SEO and usability …
6 Benefits of Web Accessibility
If you’re not sure if web accessibility testing is worthwhile for your business, here are 6 benefits of web accessibility you should …
4 Ways You Can Improve Your Web Accessibility Right Now
Web accessibility lawsuits are on the rise. Here are four simple changes you can make right now to improve your site's accessibility …
Web Accessibility Lawsuits and Key Takeaways You Should Know
These web accessibility lawsuits from the last decade show where laws are heading, and what businesses need to know to stay out of …
The 25 Best Free Accessibility Tools to Test Your Site
Our list of the best free accessibility tools can test your site or individual pages for a number of common accessibility issues.
WCAG A, AA, and AAA: Which Accessibility Level Does Your Website Need?
What's the difference between WCAG A, AA, and AAA? Learn what each compliance level requires, which one your website needs, and how …
8 Ways to Make Video Accessible
Making videos accessible improves SEO and usability. We’ll explain ways to make your video accessible and free tools you can use.
Basic ADA Website Accessibility Training For Your Team
ADA website accessibility training will help your team understand why online accessibility is important, and how they can maintain …
Must-Have ADA Website Accessibility Compliance Documentation
Keeping compliance documents organized is not always easy. Let's dive into ADA website accessibility compliance documentation best …
Do All Websites Have to Be ADA Compliant?
Do all websites have to be ADA compliant? The ADA doesn't mention websites — but many businesses have been in ADA civil suits. Let's …
WCAG 2.0 Checklist for Business and Government Site Accessibility
Web accessibility can be intimidating. We’ve broken down the WCAG guidelines into a fast and easy WCAG 2.0 checklist to make your …
Top 8 Most Common Accessibility Issues to Avoid and Solve
Many of the most common accessibility issues can be easily fixed. Research shows that these accessibility issues come up the most.
How to Ensure ADA Compliance for Government Websites
ADA compliance makes resources accessible to everyone. See how you can ensure ADA compliance for your state or local website now and …
The Complete ADA Compliance Website Checklist
Use this complete ADA compliance website checklist — drawn from the official Chapter 5 Title II checklist — to avoid common web …
Government Website Accessibility Standards: Local and State
Municipalities have a number of government website accessibility standards to adhere to. Here is what these mean for local and state …
How to Test the Accessibility of Your Website
Testing website accessibility doesn't have to be complicated. In this blog post, we'll explain how to test the accessibility of a …
What to Look For When Hiring a Web Accessibility Specialist
Fixing web accessibility issues requires expert attention. Here’s what you should look for when hiring a web accessibility …
World Usability Day: Understanding Why Web Accessibility Matters
World Usability Day at Michigan State University gave web developers and lawmakers a closer look at the importance and practical …
How to Use ARIA for Web Accessibility
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) can help fix accessibility obstacles on your site. We explain the basics of ARIA roles, …
How to Design for Accessibility When Building A New Website
To give equal access to all users, it's important to design for accessibility right from the start. Use these steps to get started.
Everything You Need to Know About Section 508 Compliance for Websites
We’ve compiled the highlights and details of Section 508 to give you everything you need to know about Section 508 compliance for …
WCAG 2.0 vs 2.1: What Changed and Which Compliance Level You Need
WCAG 2.1 added 17 new success criteria for mobile, low-vision and cognitive accessibility. Here is every important difference …
5 Steps to WordPress Accessibility Compliance
An estimated 30% of the web runs on WordPress. We break WordPress accessibility into 5 simple steps to help users at all skill …