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.
Here Is ADA In The NEWS!
Business Owners Getting Sued Left & Right – Scary Stuff!
Fox Business News
ABC Action News
NBC News
National Association Of Realtors
Is your website at https://coachbahman.com compliant and accessible?
Instant Authority Marketing is a leading digital agency that helps businesses and website owners save thousands of dollars from imminent lawsuits by helping them become more ADA compliant. At Instant Authority Marketing, we are fully aware that this new development with the “ADA” act is now the new moneymaker for many law firms. To this end, we help and educate businesses and website owners like you about ADA, it’s guidelines and provisions.
Web Accessibility Analysis And Compliance Review Report For https://coachbahman.com
This is a comprehensive ADA Compliance review report of your website: https://coachbahman.com. Please go through the document and read the recommendations on how to resolve the detected compliance breaches as soon as possible. At the moment, your website is currently not compliant with ADA regulations, thus you could face non-compliance charges at any time!
Please treat this as an urgent issue!
<a href="#wrapper" data-type="section-switch" class="scrollup"> <i class="fa fa-angle-double-u...</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.A.NoContent
DESCRIPTION:
Anchor element found with a valid href attribute, but no link content has been supplied.
<a href="tel://"></a>
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.A.NoContent
DESCRIPTION:
Anchor element found with a valid href attribute, but no link content has been supplied.
<a href="mailto://info@coachbahman.com"> info@coachbahman.com</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/skype2-e1587551160897.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/skype2-e1587551160897.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<noscript><img
data-src=https://coachbahm...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/facebook2-e1587551220365.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/facebook2-e1587551220365.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<noscript><img
data-src=https://coachbahm...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/youtube2-e1587551179736.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/youtube2-e1587551179736.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<noscript><img
data-src=https://coachbahm...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/instagram2-e1587551117833.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/instagram2-e1587551117833.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<noscript><img
data-src=https://coachbahm...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitch2-e1587551259917.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitch2-e1587551259917.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<noscript><img
data-src=https://coachbahm...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitter2-e1587551079618.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitter2-e1587551079618.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<noscript><img
data-src=https://coachbahm...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<img class="festi-cart-icon" width="20" height="20" align="absmiddle" src="//coachbahman.com/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-woocartpro/static/images/icons/user/icon11.png?1588806752">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<img class="festi-cart-icon" width="20" height="20" align="absmiddle" src="//coachbahman.com/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-woocartpro/static/images/icons/user/icon11.png?1588806752">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.H49.AlignAttr
DESCRIPTION:
Align attributes .
<img style="display: none;" class="festi-cart-icon festi-on-hover" width="20" height="20" align="absmiddle" src="//coachbahman.com/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-woocartpro/static/images/icons/user/on_hover/icon11.png?1588806752">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<img style="display: none;" class="festi-cart-icon festi-on-hover" width="20" height="20" align="absmiddle" src="//coachbahman.com/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-woocartpro/static/images/icons/user/on_hover/icon11.png?1588806752">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.H49.AlignAttr
DESCRIPTION:
Align attributes .
<a class="red-btn-2 red-bounce-to-right" href="https://coachbahman.com//about-me/">Read More</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<a href="https://youtu.be/xKONpET56Zw" class="overlay-link lightbox-image video-fancybox"> <span class="fa fa-play-circle...</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.A.NoContent
DESCRIPTION:
Anchor element found with a valid href attribute, but no link content has been supplied.
<a class="red-btn-2 red-bounce-to-right" href="https://coachbahman.com/contact/">Contact Us</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 4.04:1. Recommendation: change background to #db3b00.
<input type="text" name="your-name" value="" size="40" class="wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required" aria-required="true" aria-invalid="false" placeholder="Your Name">
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.InputText.Name
DESCRIPTION:
This textinput element does not have a name available to an accessibility API. Valid names are: label element, title undefined, aria-label undefined, aria-labelledby undefined.
<input type="text" name="your-name" value="" size="40" class="wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required" aria-required="true" aria-invalid="false" placeholder="Your Name">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.F68
DESCRIPTION:
This form field should be labelled in some way. Use the label element (either with a "for" attribute or wrapped around the form field), or "title", "aria-label" or "aria-labelledby" attributes as appropriate.
<input type="email" name="your-email" value="" size="40" class="wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-validates-as-email" aria-required="true" aria-invalid="false" placeholder="Your Email">
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.InputEmail.Name
DESCRIPTION:
This emailinput element does not have a name available to an accessibility API. Valid names are: label element, title undefined, aria-label undefined, aria-labelledby undefined.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/download-book22.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/download-book22.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<noscript><img
src=https://coachbahman.co...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 3.52:1. Recommendation: change background to #00040a.
<noscript><img
src=https://coachbahman.co...</noscript>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 #fff.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/skype2-e1587551160897.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/skype2-e1587551160897.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/facebook2-e1587551220365.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/facebook2-e1587551220365.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/youtube2-e1587551179736.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/youtube2-e1587551179736.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/instagram2-e1587551117833.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/instagram2-e1587551117833.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitch2-e1587551259917.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitch2-e1587551259917.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<img data-src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitter2-e1587551079618.png" class=" lazyloaded" src="https://coachbahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/twitter2-e1587551079618.png" loading="lazy">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37
DESCRIPTION:
Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.
<input type="text" name="FNAME" value="" placeholder="Your Name" required="">
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.InputText.Name
DESCRIPTION:
This textinput element does not have a name available to an accessibility API. Valid names are: label element, title undefined, aria-label undefined, aria-labelledby undefined.
<input type="text" name="FNAME" value="" placeholder="Your Name" required="">
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.F68
DESCRIPTION:
This form field should be labelled in some way. Use the label element (either with a "for" attribute or wrapped around the form field), or "title", "aria-label" or "aria-labelledby" attributes as appropriate.
<input type="email" name="EMAIL" value="" placeholder="Your Email" required="">
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.InputEmail.Name
DESCRIPTION:
This emailinput element does not have a name available to an accessibility API. Valid names are: label element, title undefined, aria-label undefined, aria-labelledby undefined.
<a href="https://coachbahman.com/privacy-center/copyright-notice/">© Copyrights 2020. All Rights R...</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 3.96:1. Recommendation: change background to #000406.
<a href="#" id="wordpress-gdpr-popup-close" class="wordpress-gdpr-popup-close" style="background-color: #000000;">
<i style="color: #FFFFFF;" cla...</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.A.NoContent
DESCRIPTION:
Anchor element found with a valid href attribute, but no link content has been supplied.
<a href="#" class="wordpress-gdpr-popup-agree" style="background-color: #4CAF50; color: #FFFFFF;">I accept</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 2.78:1. Recommendation: change background to #258829.
<a href="#" class="wordpress-gdpr-popup-decline" style="background-color: #F44336; color: #FFFFFF;">I decline</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 3.68:1. Recommendation: change background to #e13023.
<a href="https://coachbahman.com/privacy-center/" class="wordpress-gdpr-popup-privacy-center" style="color: #FF5722;">Privacy Center</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 2.95:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #d63300.
<a href="#" class="wordpress-gdpr-popup-privacy-settings-text wordpress-gdpr-open-privacy-settings-modal" style="color: #FF5722;">Privacy Settings</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 2.95:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #d63300.
<a href="https://coachbahman.com/privacy-center/cookie-policy/" class="wordpress-gdpr-popup-read-more" style="color: #FF5722;">Cookie Policy</a>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
DESCRIPTION:
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 2.95:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #d63300.
<textarea id="g-recaptcha-response-100000" name="g-recaptcha-response" class="g-recaptcha-response" style="width: 250px; height: 40px; border: 1px solid rgb(193, 193, 193); margin: 10px 25px; padding: 0px; resize: none; display: none;"></textarea>
WCAG2AA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.Textarea.Name
DESCRIPTION:
This textarea element does not have a name available to an accessibility API. Valid names are: label element, title undefined, aria-label undefined, aria-labelledby undefined.
<textarea id="g-recaptcha-response-100000" name="g-recaptcha-response" class="g-recaptcha-response" style="width: 250px; height: 40px; border: 1px solid rgb(193, 193, 193); margin: 10px 25px; padding: 0px; resize: none; display: none;"></textarea>
WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.F68
DESCRIPTION:
This form field should be labelled in some way. Use the label element (either with a "for" attribute or wrapped around the form field), or "title", "aria-label" or "aria-labelledby" attributes as appropriate.
<iframe style="display: none;"></iframe>
WCAG2AA.Principle2.Guideline2_4.2_4_1.H64.1
DESCRIPTION:
Iframe element requires a non-empty title attribute that identifies the frame.
Recommendations
In view of the non-compliance breaches found on your website: https://coachbahman.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.