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EqualWeb has been more than thrilled partnering with the world’s number one PC company, Lenovo, providing it with our cutting-edge accessibility solutions on its websites.

Nowadays, not only the access to digital content has become a part of our daily lives, it has been also stated as a fundamental right. Not being able to access the Internet for disability reasons is simply a factor of discrimination, even a social and professional exclusion!
In that matter, the worldwide-known Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (or WCAG), ensure that all companies follow its strict Standards that meet the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally.

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People with disabilities (PWD), estimated at 1.3 billion, form a market the size of China. Together with their friends and family, acting on their emotional connection, PWD hold over $8 Trillion in annual disposable income. With the elderly population, a group with the biggest share of the national wealth, adding to this number, this is a market that can’t be ignored.

Understanding WCAG 2.1 is an essential guide to understanding and using "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1" (WCAG2.1). The concepts and provisions may be new to some people. Understanding WCAG 2.1 provides a non-normative extended commentary on each guideline and each Success Criterion to help readers better understand the intent and how the guidelines and Success Criteria work together. It also provides examples of techniques or combinations of techniques that the Working Group has identified as being sufficient to meet each Success Criterion. Links are then provided to write-ups for each of the techniques.

Empower your audience. Reach a larger demographic. Unlock your document’s accessibility potential and welcome all users!
EqualWeb tackles tables, images, flow charts, complicated graphics, and more with ease and professionalism. The content might be diverse, but our testing engineers have successfully remediated every format received. We provide scanning, format conversion, and accessible version control for Section 508 and WCAG compliance.

In the last years several new laws were created to help persons with disabilities (PWD).
Some examples are: Section 508 or Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the USA, or the European Union Law EU 301549
Did you know that just over 15% of have a disability?

None of us thought of it too much till not long ago. So many of us are not aware of it to date.
The Web is fundamentally designed to work for everyone, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability.

So what does ADA compliance actually means?
If you are a business owner or company lawyer you must of heard about " ADA compliance " before, but do you know what exactly does is means and how do you make sure to implement those laws correctly?
Back in 2009 the US departments of justice have published the guidelines and standards for the online technology and electronics to be accessible for people with disabilities (PWD), including online websites, hardware, software, and documents online, Each facility or part of a facility constructed by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity shall be designed and constructed in such manner that the facility or part of the facility is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the construction was commenced after January 26, 1992

People with disabilities have the right to full and equal participation in all walks of life. The Equal Rights Act for People with Disabilities and Accessibility Regulations are designed to ensure that they can exercise this right.
The W3C International Web Content Accessibility Guidelines become an international guideline for website accessibility regulation.
The Accessibility Regulations deal with the removal of barriers so that people with disabilities can receive the same level of comfort and quality as the general public accepts.

The number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal court in 2018 hit a record high of 10,163 – up 34% from 2017 when the number was a mere 7,663. This is by far the highest number of annual filings since we started tracking these numbers in 2013, when the number of federal filings was only 2,722. In other words, the number of cases has more than tripled.

In the last years several new laws were created to help persons with disabilities (PWD).
Some examples are: Section 508 or Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the USA, or the European Union Law EU 301549
Did you know that just over 15% of have a disability?

The internet is an essential way to access and provide information and services. Web accessibility allows everyone, including people with disabilities, to perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Internet. The same vision of accessibility should apply to mobile apps, considering the developments in technology and trends in the last years.

Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services in Europe - EN 301 549.
The European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) have published a new European Standard on accessibility requirements for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) products and services.

Section 508 law is a requirement for federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 was originally added as an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in 1986.

What is A11y? A11y is another way of writing the word ‘accessibility’. It’s an abbreviated version for the Internet and social media world to make it easier to write.
‘A’ is the first letter; there are 11 letters in-between, and ‘y’ at the end. A11Y is what is known as a numeronym, somewhat similar to an acronym. Essentially, numbers are used in place of letters to achieve the desired result. You may be familiar with other numeronyms, such as “K-9” for “Canine” or “W3C” for “World Wide Web Consortium”.

Web Accessibility - Code or Plugin? Advantages and Disadvantages.
When a website owner wants to make the site accessible, he has to decide whether to make the site accessible in the source code or to use an external accessibility plugin. The main answer lies in the question: Who will carry out the accessibility process? Accessibility is not a small matter. Many people have read the standard once and call themselves accessibility webmasters. It is like a person who will paint his house or install himself a pergola in his yard and call himself a contractor.

You better be before you will hear it from a lawyer… Have you heard about this web accessibility thing? You manage, design or build websites and someone has asked you…"Is your site accessible?" You`re not sure…. You hope so!!!

Defining disability -There are many kinds of persons with disabilities (PWD), including physical, sensory, hearing, mental health, developmental and learning. Disabilities can be visible or non-visible.
Any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;

The new accessibility rules present a complex challenge even for experienced website owners. Not everyone is well-versed in the intricate laws and regulations, schedules, level of required accessibility and its efficient implementation.