{"id":4251378,"date":"2019-06-20T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/is-your-site-compliant-with-us-web-accessibility-law\/"},"modified":"2019-06-20T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T07:51:00","slug":"is-your-site-compliant-with-us-web-accessibility-law","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-uki\/insight\/is-your-site-compliant-with-us-web-accessibility-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your site compliant with US web accessibility law?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tIs your site compliant with US web accessibility law?\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\tIn the US, although there are accessibility standards and guidelines, companies are not yet legally bound by specific web accessibility laws. Despite this, there are a growing number of lawsuits against organisations whose websites don\u2019t meet accessibility standards. These lawsuits have been brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.
\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\tSince 2015, there has been an increase of over 660% in the number of lawsuits filed targeting web accessibility, with the retail sector being hit hardest. Major brands including Target, Netflix and even Beyonc\u00e9 have found themselves up in court facing large fines (Target ended up settling its\u00a0class action lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0with the National Federation of the Blind for $6 million).

If you\u2019ve done any research into web accessibility in the US, you will have found a mass of information, with no clear-cut guidance on what does\/doesn\u2019t violate ADA. (Kim Krause Berg\u2019s\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0on SEJ gives a great overview of the various regulations, acts and amendments over the past ten years).

General upshot is that it\u2019s complicated! The ADA is split into two main directives:\t<\/p>\n\n