ADA Compliance for Web Designers: We Scanned the Agencies' Own Sites
We scanned the sites of six web design businesses from one chamber directory. All six had detected WCAG 2.1 AA failures, and the fix is the same short checklist.
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September 2026 ADA Website Lawsuits: What the Complaints Against Best Buy, Dillard's and Cole Haan Allege
We read 117 of September 2026's federal ADA complaints. The most detailed ones, against Best Buy, Dillard's and Cole Haan, plead what broke after a keypress.
Is My Law Firm's Website ADA Compliant? What a Scan of 13 Sites From One Bar Directory Found
We scanned 13 sites off a county bar association's directory. All 13 had a detected WCAG 2.1 AA failure, the same few mistakes we found on Portland food businesses.
What It Actually Costs to Fix an ADA Problem on Your Website
What does ADA website compliance cost? We scanned 31 pages across nine small-business sites: a median of 71% of a site's detected failures sat in a single rule.
What Is an Accessible Name?
An accessible name is the text software can read off a control to say what it is. What it means, why an icon-only link fails without one, and how it gets fixed.
Is Your Law Firm's Contact Form ADA Compliant? How to Check It in Two Minutes
On one law firm's contact form, the label above the message box points at a field that doesn't exist. Here's the two-minute check for your own — in plain English.
What Is Color Contrast?
Color contrast is the measured brightness gap between text and background. WCAG's minimum ratio, why it matters for low vision, and the ADA complaints that plead it by name.
What Is an Accessibility Overlay?
An accessibility overlay is a script that patches your site after it loads. What it can fix, what it cannot, the FTC's $1M case against accessiBe, and our own scan of their site.
What Is Alt Text?
Alt text is the description a screen reader reads instead of an image. What it is, why missing it breaks a purchase, and how to fix it, with a real case and our own scan findings.
Have You Checked Your Listings Pages for ADA Accessibility?
We scanned 12 real-estate brokerage sites on the same website template. The same accessibility defect fails on the same search-filter field on 9 of them.
When Fixing Actually Works: A Court Dismissed a Website Lawsuit Because the Site Was Already Fixed
An eyewear brand beat an ADA website lawsuit because it had already fixed its site, and had two years of proof to show the court. What the ruling means for remediation.
Settling an ADA Website Lawsuit Doesn't End the Risk
Settling an ADA website lawsuit ends one claim, not the risk. Nearly half of 2025's federal cases were repeat defendants — what DOJ's Fashion Nova filing shows.
