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Could Your Digital Accessibility Solution Get You Sued?

Legal trends reveal a concerning rise in lawsuits against businesses utilizing accessibility overlay tools on their websites. This surge highlights critical shortcomings in current approaches to digital accessibility, particularly concerning individuals with disabilities. While intended to enhance user experience, accessibility overlays often create more barriers than they remove. These tools can interfere with assistive technologies […]

Introducing Bot Actions

We are excited to introduce expanded scanning capabilities in RAMP! Sometimes, websites require steps before accessing their content. You might need to log in, close a banner, etc. Previously, our bots could not perform these steps and, in turn, could not scan the site. However, those days are now in the past — thanks to […]

The Challenges of Accessibility in Montreal: A Path Towards Improvement

Montreal, a city renowned for its rich history and vibrant culture, unfortunately, has a less admirable legacy when it comes to accessibility. As a city built in various stages over centuries, many of Montreal’s private and public spaces were designed without consideration for individuals with mobility challenges. This historical oversight has left a significant portion […]

Implementing Accessibility to Improve Your Home

Let’s explore how we can use accessibility to improve the functionality of your home. For most people, the home is where they spend a large portion of their day. An organized and efficient living space can make a huge difference in their daily experiences. As someone who lives with a cognitive disability, considering accessibility when organizing […]

What is a VPAT?

A VPAT, short for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, is a document that organizations complete to demonstrate their dedication to creating accessible products to all users, including those with disabilities. It is a formal declaration of compliance with accessibility standards, reflecting a commitment to ethical principles and adhering to relevant legal requirements. By providing a VPAT, […]

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024

Since 2011, the third Thursday in May has been used to recognize, celebrate, and learn about digital accessibility in the modern world. In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we are offering some of our tools at a discounted rate — now through 5/23/24. Accessible Web RAMP — 20% off the first 3 months for […]

Accessible Web at the Small and Medium-Sized Business Accessibility Services event hosted by Accessibility.com

We had the pleasure of attending the Small and Medium-Sized Business Accessibility Services event hosted by Accessibility.com on May 1st. Our founder and CEO, Peter Jewett, had a great time presenting “Ramping up your web accessibility. 9 ways to advance your web accessibility with and without engaging a services company.” Watch his presentation below! Thank you to the team […]

New: Interactive Historical Data Charts

Get to the bottom of web accessibility changes on your site using historical charts. Previously, our trend charts in the Automated Scanning History page let you know changes occurred on your site. However, they did not make it easy to determine what contributed to those changes. That was until our new interactive trend charts. Now, […]