Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Make ADA Compliant Websites

If you are a web developer, at some point of time or the other you would have heard about ADA compliance or SEO (Search Engine Optimization). If you haven’t, then its high time that you do make your website ADA compliant.

ADA stands for American Disability Act. The Act is there to ensure that establishments are fully accessible to disabled people. While its not very clear whether websites come into its purview or not,  there have been lawsuits based on this. While many big website owners are going that extra mile to make their site accessible just to prevent costly lawsuits, following standards for ADA compliance also has its own good side effects since Search Engines also crawl through your site in a similar manner. Below is a set of rules you should follow to increase the accessibility of your website and make it ADA and W3C compliant -