Why ADA Compliance is so Important?
“ADA” is an acronym for the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires businesses and website owners to make accommodations for people with disabilities in all their web content. That means that all web content should be accessible to the blind, deaf, and those who must navigate by voice, screen readers or other assistive technologies.
This law has been in force for over a decade but has been fairly dormant until 2018 when a supreme court judgment was passed on a website owner for non-compliance. This caused a sudden surge in businesses and website owners being sued for noncompliance with ADA.
And since then;
- Over 1,500 legal cases related to non-accessibility compliance issues were filled in New York in 2018.
- More than 10,000 websites sued nationwide in 2019 for their website not being ADA compliant. This number is expected to hit 100k by 2021.
- Most businesses/website owners sued for non-compliance pay between $20k – $200k as out of court settlement. A recent settlement was $6m.
Unfortunately, unlike GDPR, The ADA law requires no notice before a lawsuit is led against a company for non-compliance.
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Web Accessibility Analysis And Compliance Review Report For https://www.blowhardfans.com
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Duplicate id attribute value "menu-item-45075" found on the web page.

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WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_1.F77
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Duplicate id attribute value "menu-item-45074" found on the web page.

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Duplicate id attribute value "menu-item-45073" found on the web page.

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Duplicate id attribute value "menu-item-45072" found on the web page.

<li id="menu-item-45071" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45071"><a href="https://www.blowhardfa...</li>
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Duplicate id attribute value "menu-item-45071" found on the web page.

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WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_1.F77
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Duplicate id attribute value "menu-item-45614" found on the web page.

<li id="menu-item-45379" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45379"><a href="https://www.blowhardfa...</li>
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_1.F77
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Duplicate id attribute value "menu-item-45379" found on the web page.

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WCAG2AA.Principle3.Guideline3_2.3_2_2.H32.2
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This form does not contain a submit button, which creates issues for those who cannot submit the form using the keyboard. Submit buttons are INPUT elements with type attribute "submit" or "image", or BUTTON elements with type "submit" or omitted/invalid.

<a href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/"><img src="https://www.blowhardf...</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H30.2
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Img element is the only content of the link, but is missing alt text. The alt text should describe the purpose of the link.

<a href="mailto:info@blowhardfans.com">info@blowhardfans.com</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 2.75:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #057ac9.

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WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.05:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #747c00.

<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button" href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/what-we-offer/#bh20dsaa">Learn More</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #e00.

<h4 class="et_pb_module_header">Quickee</h4>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.05:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #747c00.

<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button" href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/what-we-offer/#quickee">Learn More</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #e00.

<h4 class="et_pb_module_header">Commando</h4>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.05:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #747c00.

<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button" href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/what-we-offer/#commando">Learn More</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #e00.

<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_1 et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/what-we-know/">LEARN MORE</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change background to #e00.

<h4 class="et_pb_module_header">Address </h4>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #e00.

<h4 class="et_pb_module_header">Call us</h4>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #e00.

<h4 class="et_pb_module_header">Email Us</h4>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #e00.

<button type="submit" name="et_builder_submit_button" class="et_pb_contact_submit et_pb_button et_pb_custom_button_icon" data-icon="$">Submit</button>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change background to #e00.

<a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_2 et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/geek-out-with-us/">LEARN MORE</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.03:1. Recommendation: change background to #e00.

<div id="footer-info">© Copyright 2019 | BlowHard Fan...</div>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.66:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #757575.

<div><a href="https://www.blowhardfa...</div>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.66:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #757575.

<a href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/Copyright-notice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Copyright notice</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.66:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #757575.

<a href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/terms-of-use/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terms of use</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.66:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #757575.

<a href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/terms-of-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terms of service</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.66:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #757575.

<a href="https://www.blowhardfans.com/privacy-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Privacy Policy</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
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This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.66:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #757575.
Recommendations
In view of the non-compliance breaches found on your website: https://www.blowhardfans.com, we hereby recommend you take immediate action towards resolving them as soon as possible.
Benefits of having an ADA compliant/Accessible Website:
- Avoid lawsuits (Over 10k websites have been sued this year alone for not being ADA compliant… and this figure will skyrocket in 2020.
- Rank higher on search engines. (Google loves accessible websites)
- Tapped into the $650 billion per year untapped disability market.
- And many more.
Let us guide you through the process and boost the accessibility of your website.