The ADA Book

Kris Rivenburgh covers a Target full-time job post for an accessibility consultant with a potential $196,200 salary. This post highlights the need to assist the legal team on "investigations and questions related to digital accessibility compliance." Digital accessibility consultants are in demand and this Target job post demonstrates it. Whether you're looking for career opportuniti...

Kris Rivenburgh explains how learning WCAG can make you money whether you are apply for a job or selling a digital products. There are tremendous entrepreneurial and traditional career opportunities for those who learn the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Invest in WCAG training by taking my WCAG Course at https://WCAGCourse.com . #WCAG #WebContentAccessibilityGuidelines #WebAccessibility Do...

Kris examines Shopify to see if there has been any progress in 2023 in terms of helping their customers (website owners) prevent ADA website litigation and thereby increasing access to people with disabilities to those websites. The findings: no accessibility statement is published on the homepage, overlay widgets / plugins are still featured on the app store, access to people with disabilities is...

Kris Rivenburgh discusses what accessibility products and services (for ADA website compliance) that people continually waste money on. Overlay widgets (often sold as instant "solutions"), website accessibility monitoring, premium scans (i.e., software, checkers, tools, etc.), and unleveraged audits are the four money wasters that Kris covers. #ADAWebsiteServices #ADAWebsiteTools #Access...

Kris Rivenburgh explains why corporations and other large organizations often struggle with digital accessibility and ADA website compliance despite having the budget and personnel necessary to make their digital experiences accessible. Several of the biggest brands in the world have been sued multiple times and despite billions in revenue, even these companies dislike paying out 5-figures and the...

Kris Rivenburgh explains why you need to thoroughly evaluate digital accessibility services and not solely decide based on price. While price is important, choosing a provider with a very low price could result in having to redo the project and paying more. And choosing a provider with a very high price doesn't necessarily mean you're getting a high quality deliverable back; you might be o...

Kris Rivenburgh covers the various factors that organizations should weigh when deciding whether or not to invest in making their website ADA compliant. Realistically, the cost of manual services may exceed budget for smaller entities so this leaves many small businesses with a tough decision. #ADAWebsiteComplianceCost #WebsiteAccessibilityCost #ADAWebsiteCompliance Kris designed the ADA Complianc...

Kris comments on an article on ADA website litigation recently published by the StarTribune: https://www.startribune.com/lawsuits-targeting-company-websites-for-ada-violations-on-the-rise-visual-hearing-accessible/600275196/ #ADAWebsiteLawsuit #ADAWebsiteArticle #ADAWebsiteLitigation Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claim...

Kris covers a recent job post from an e-learning company seeking an accessibility consultant for a part-time position. Kris explains why the post demonstrates real opportunity in the digital accessibility space and why more organizations will seek out consultants. Accessibility professionals have options to make digital accessibility into a career opportunity or a business opportunity or both. Lin...

Kris Rivenburgh explains why it's important for new buyers - usually business owners who have just been sued over website accessibility - to research and understand accessibility and ADA compliance before they're in a sales demo. Here are resources to learn about the website accessibility space: https://ADABook.com https://krisrivenburgh.medium.com/why-the-website-accessibility-market-is-s...

Kris explains why, despite once symbolizing something positive, accessibility icons may now create a negative association because of overlay widgets. https://overlayfactsheet.com #AccessibilityOverlays #OverlayWidgets #WebsiteAccessibility Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is...

Kris explains why combining an overlay widget (that "automatically fixes") a website with manual remediation doesn't work. #AccessibilityOverlays #OverlayWidgets #WebsiteAccessibility Kris designed the ADA Compliance Program as a done-for-you (DFY) service for website owners. The ADA Compliance Program audits and remediates your website for $4,999 (for most websites). Find out more a...

Kris Rivenburgh explains why defense attorneys defending against ADA website compliance litigation need the ADA Compliance Course. While there are CLEs that cover the Americans with Disabilities Act and website accessibility litigation, none help you understand the specific technical issues that can help you minimize claims being made by plaintiffs law firms. Most defense attorneys enter into sett...

Kris Rivenburgh explains how to make a website ADA compliant with the help of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Resources: Kris's WCAG Checklist: https://accessible.org/Kris-Rivenburgh_WCAG-2.1-AA-Checklist.pdf WCAG technical standards: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ WCAG Course: https://WCAGCourse.com ADA Compliance Course: https://ADACompliance.net Also, watch my more detailed...

Two weeks after this video was published, a new amendment to a bill (AB-1757) was proposed that would require WCAG 2.1 AA conformance of websites and mobile apps. The bill would have far reaching consequences. You can read about it here: https://krisrivenburgh.medium.com/ab-1757-new-california-bill-would-increase-website-accessibility-lawsuits-across-u-s-d68157c70304 Kris Rivenburgh covers the sta...

Kris explains the one catch to making money in digital accessibility: you must do so in an ethical manner. There is a tremendous amount of fraud on the part of sellers in website accessibility, especially when it comes to overlays. If you become a seller of digital accessibility products or services, you can't participate in or promote fraud because it directly or indirectly negatively impacts...

Kris Rivenburgh explains why you can't afford to not train your team on digital accessibility. When you invest in accessibility training, accessibility will become a part of your processes and result in significant time and money savings. Kris's ADA Compliance Course and WCAG Course are easy ways to invest in training. You can learn more about both courses at https://ADACompliance.net . #A...

Kris Rivenburgh explains three ways to invest in digital accessibility and strengthen your accessibility statement by demonstrating your commitment. Investing in accessibility training and hiring an accessibility consultant are two ways to accomplish this. Kris's ADA Compliance Course and WCAG Course are easy ways to invest in training. You can learn more about both courses at https://ADACompl...

Kris Rivenburgh gives 5 of his best recommendations for starting a digital accessibility consulting business. Many accessibility professionals have asked Kris for advice on how to start a business in the website accessibility space and this video is Kris's response. Here is the Medium article, ADA Compliance for Websites in Plain English, that ranked #1 on Google and has racked up over 267,000...

Kris explains why auditing and remediating your website under WCAG 2.1 AA standards will very likely make your website materially compliant with other digital accessibility laws including international laws such as AODA and EN 301 549. #adawebsitecompliance #DigitalAccessibilityLaws #AccessibilityLaws #ADACompliance Kris designed the ADA Compliance Program as a done-for-you (DFY) service for websi...

Kris covers his ADA Website Compliance Checklist for 2023. The two best practices are 1) WCAG 2.1 AA conformance and 2) publishing an accessibility statement. However, you can strategically approach making your website accessible so that you significantly lower risk of a lawsuit as you work on your website. #ADAWebsiteCompliance #ADAWebsiteChecklist #ADACompliance Kris designed the ADA Compliance...

Kris covers ADA Website Compliance specifically for restaurants in 2023. Beyond WCAG conformance and an accessibility statement, restaurants especially need to focus in on third-party integrations like reservation and online ordering apps as well as the accessibility of their menus. As a website owner, you are ultimately responsible for your website. Even if you use third-party apps (e.g., Resy, O...

The Hill Law Firm is one of the newer law firms in ADA website accessibility litigation. The plaintiff represented in this complaint is Cassandra Wilson. In this video, Kris Rivenburgh reads through some of the website accessibility claims made in a complaint filed by Michelle E. Hill in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. Kris's ADA Compliance Course c...

Kris Rivenburgh explains why the ADA Compliance Course is the best training for ADA website compliance. The ADA Compliance Course is specifically designed for website owners to prevent ADA website lawsuits and demand letters by training their web teams on the most commonly claimed accessibility issues in litigation. The ADA Compliance is an SOP or step-by-step instructions that website owners can...

Kris points out that claims of cutting edge technology and AI from overlay widget vendors are ridiculous. Using real artificial intelligence to audit and remediate websites for accessibility does not and will not involve the installation of a clunky widget. True artificial intelligence will be able to determine accessibility issues (beyond those that can be found using an automated scan) by evalua...