Your Website Could Be Costing You Thousands in ADA Lawsuits

ADA website compliance means your website meets the accessibility standards outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act. In practice, this means following the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at the AA level, ensuring people with visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive disabilities can use your website effectively.

If your business operates in the United States and offers goods or services to the public, yes. The DOJ has consistently stated that websites are "places of public accommodation" under Title III of the ADA. This applies to businesses of all sizes—not just large corporations.

ADA lawsuits typically settle between $10,000 and $50,000, not including attorney fees and remediation costs. First-time violations can face civil penalties up to $75,000, and subsequent violations up to $150,000. Beyond financial penalties, businesses face reputational damage and lost customers.

Most sites are done in about 1 week. The vast majority of our clients are fully compliant and certified within 7 days of approving their remediation plan. Large enterprise sites with hundreds of pages may take slightly longer. Need it sooner? Our 72-hour emergency remediation is available for a flat +$500 addition to your project price, and is designed for businesses facing active legal action or urgent deadlines.

No. Overlay widgets (like AccessiBe, UserWay, etc.) do not provide true compliance and have been explicitly rejected by disability advocates and courts. In fact, several lawsuits have been filed against companies using overlays. True compliance requires fixing your actual website code, which is what we do.

Our audit includes: comprehensive WCAG 2.2 scanning of your website pages, an overall compliance grade (A-F), issues categorized by severity (critical, serious, moderate, minor) and type (forms, images, navigation, contrast), a legal risk assessment tailored to your industry, and specific recommendations for fixing each issue. You receive a professional PDF report you can share with your team or developers.

No. We maintain your website's visual design while fixing underlying accessibility issues. In fact, accessibility improvements often enhance the user experience for all visitors. The changes happen primarily in your code structure, not your visual design.

Don't panic, but do act quickly. Contact us immediately for our emergency response service. We can typically complete expedited remediation within 48-72 hours and provide documentation demonstrating your good-faith compliance efforts, which is crucial for legal negotiations.

Those tools are accessibility overlays — JavaScript widgets that inject fixes at page load without changing your actual code. We fix the source code itself. Overlays are a recurring subscription; we're a one-time remediation. Courts and the FTC have increasingly rejected overlay-based compliance claims, and roughly 1 in 4 ADA lawsuits in 2025 targeted sites already running accessibility widgets. See our full Allied vs. AudioEye comparison.

No — and in many cases widgets can actually increase your risk. They add JavaScript that can conflict with screen readers like JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver, and they don't fix the underlying code that lawsuits target. We bring the code itself into WCAG 2.2 AA conformance so nothing needs to sit on top of your site.

No. The fixes live in your codebase permanently. With overlay subscription tools, your "compliance" disappears the moment you stop paying. With us, you pay once and own the result.