Your website looks good, is functional and provides a great user experience. But, can a disabled person use it? Can a visually-impaired person understand what your photos and other non-text aspects of your website are and do? If not, you may need to make some changes or you may receive a letter from lawyers threatening…
Criminal Justice Clemons v. Dart, 168 F.Supp.3d 1060 (N.D. Ill. 2016) This case was brought by an inmate in the county jail who used a wheelchair but was not assigned to an accessible room. The jail provided the inmate access to around-the-clock nursing services, and the nurses helped him access the sink, shower, and toilet.…
The first thing that comes to mind when you hear “closed captions” is likely the benefits that they have for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Forty-eight million Americans report having some degree of hearing loss, which means that providing closed captions can dramatically expand your audience for video, audio, and multimedia content. Yet, including closed captions isn’t…
Accessible websites are no longer optional; they’re a must-have. You probably take being able to surf the web and easily browse content for granted. Most people do. But people with disabilities don’t have that luxury. If you have a visual, hearing, motor or cognitive impairment, navigating the web can be at best difficult, and at…
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