What is ADA?
The Americans with Disabilities Act was developed in 1990 and its primary motto is to ensure accessibility for all including the physically disabled. According to this, Businesses and Industries must ensure that their physical office spaces and commercial buildings are built with features to accommodate people with various forms of disability. Now, with an unprecedented penetration of the internet, the compliance listed in this act was updated in 2010 covering websites and mobile applications. This means that the websites and mobile applications must be built in such a way that it can be accessed by people with hearing, vision or other disabilities. Complying with web accessibility guidelines in the ADA regulations will not only enhance the legal aspects of the business but also add new customers.
Who does this apply to?
Businesses covered by ADA include
For businesses to make sure that their website meets the ADA compliance, they must adhere to the 12 guidelines under 4 principles [Perceivability, Operability, Understandability & Robustness], penned down by the World Wide Web Consortium(W3C).
Perceivability-
This principle lays guidelines for website design and development so that the content can be consumed by all users.
Operability-
Operability guidelines ensure that everyone, irrespective of their disability can easily navigate the website and mobile application.
Understandability-
The guidelines laid down under this principle applies to ensure that the content and operation of the portal and mobile application is understandable.
Robustness-
This principle has guidelines to ensure that the code can be easily interpreted by a variety of assistive technologies and other agents that support people with disabilities.
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