Guide 1
How much does a website accessibility audit cost?
Published prices show why scope matters more than a single market average: a scan, a sampled manual evaluation and a complex audit are different services.
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Plain-language guides to digital accessibility
Direct answers to common questions about WCAG, audits, ADA Title II, Section 508, VPAT/ACR and assistive-technology testing. Each guide links to the sources behind its facts.
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These pages provide general information, not legal advice or accessibility certification. Standards and regulations can change; the review date and sources appear on every guide.
Guide 2
What are the ADA Title II web accessibility deadlines?
The Justice Department extended the compliance dates in April 2026. Covered public entities now generally face April 26, 2027 or April 26, 2028.
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What is the difference between a VPAT and an ACR?
The VPAT is the blank framework published by ITI. The vendor's completed, product-specific document is an Accessibility Conformance Report, or ACR.
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What changed from WCAG 2.1 to WCAG 2.2?
WCAG 2.2 keeps all WCAG 2.1 criteria except obsolete 4.1.1 and adds nine criteria covering focus, dragging, target size, help, data entry and authentication.
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Automated vs. manual accessibility testing: what does each find?
Automation provides speed and coverage. Human evaluation provides context and judgement. Neither substitutes for the other.
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Why an accessibility overlay does not make a website compliant
An overlay can be one tool, but it cannot replace accessible source code, manual evaluation, disabled-user testing or ongoing governance.
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What is Section 508 compliance?
Section 508 applies to covered U.S. federal information and communication technology. The Revised 508 Standards incorporate WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA for web content and software.
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What is screen-reader testing, and why does it matter?
Screen-reader testing checks whether a person can understand and operate a digital experience through spoken or braille output, not merely whether code passes an automated rule.
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Accessible website checklist: 20 useful first checks
These checks help teams catch common barriers before a deeper evaluation. Passing them does not establish WCAG conformance.
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What is WCAG? A plain-language guide
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities and more usable for many people.
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We lead with primary sources from W3C, ADA.gov, the U.S. Access Board, Section508.gov, ITI and product publishers. Where a price or practice comes from a provider, we label it as a published example rather than a universal market fact.
We avoid claims such as “fully compliant,” “guaranteed” or “certified.” Accessibility evaluation identifies evidence and barriers; it does not replace legal advice or the experience of people with disabilities.