To truly empathize and take a user-perspective with regards to disabilities, you need to user-test with people of differing abilities. Considering that nearly 20 percent of the US population is classified as having a disability, you risk alienating a large swath of potential users by not making a website accessible to ...
Benefits of User-Testing with Users of Differing Abilities -Read MoreFirst, a plaintiff (almost always blind) will allege that a website is inaccessible. They allege that they visited the site and tried to find basic information or order a product but they were unable to complete this task because of basic of missing alt attributes or improperly labelled forms with ...
How a typical web accessibility lawsuit happens -Read MoreMany people complete their essential life activities via the internet. This includes activities like banking, healthcare, retail, entertainment, communication, and relaxation. When your website is not designed in a way that makes it easy for low vision users, you risk losing a large segment of the population. The World Health ...
Accessibility for Low Vision Users -Read MoreWebsite Liability Under US Accessibility Laws Ken Nakata, Director of the Compliance Sheriff's Accessibility Consulting Practice Scheduled at 4:20pm in Windsor on Thursday, November 21, 2019 Do you understand how disability laws affect websites? This presentation quickly lays the groundwork for understanding website liability. Then the presentation shifts gears to focus on ...
Compliance Sheriff accessibility experts to speak at Accessing Higher Ground 2019 -Read MoreThis scenario has come up several times in web accessibility litigation, where litigators have tried to use a defense called “mootness,” which basically says that you shouldn’t be sued for something after you’ve been sued for it already and fixed the problem. As much as you would love to tell ...
I Just Got Sued Again After I Settled An Accessibility Case and Was Already Fixing My Website! -Read More