Wakefly Blog
Awareness – the First Step of Website Accessibility
If you are not familiar with the term “Accessibility” when it comes to your website, don’t be surprised. General unawareness of this [...]
ADA Compliance For Banks in 2019 is Critical
Sometime around the middle of 2012, I started noticing a large increase in tweets about website accessibility lawsuits. This was a bit eye-opening [...]
ARIA and Its Role in Web Accessibility
While this article is technical in nature, it’s important to have a general understanding of ARIA and why it may be needed on your site. Not all [...]
HTML: Perception vs Reality, from an Accessibility Point of View
There is a common theme that I’ve found from running accessibility audits on websites. Many of us use HTML based on our perceptions rather than on [...]
Wakefly's Process to Help Your Site Become More ADA Compliant
Wakefly’s ADA Compliance audit methodology is to review your website’s Critical Paths and Pages rather than to review every single page. If your [...]
How Do I Make My Website ADA Compliant?
Many people have asked me “Do I need to be concerned with making sure my website complies with the ADA?”. The answer is “yes”, but it’s hard to say [...]
Why You Shouldn't Overlook the Use of Alternate Text
Images play a key role in websites. They enhance design, help convey meaning, and assist in site functionality. However, from time to time, we run [...]
Tips for Creating Accessible PDF Documents
As technology becomes more prevalent in our daily lives, accessibility becomes increasingly important. After the Americans with Disabilities Act [...]
Are you ready for the Section 508 Refresh?
In 1998, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was amended to require federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to [...]
Recap From the Boston Accessibility Conference (a11ybos2017)
On October 7th, 2017, I had the privilege of attending the 8th annual Boston Accessibility Conference. It was held at the IBM Watson Health Global [...]
What Does ADA Compliance Have to Do With My Website?
Americans are becoming aware that their online presence needs to meet Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance (ADA), but what does this mean?In [...]
Understanding the Importance of Web Accessibility
Web accessibility all too often is overlooked or simply left out of the process entirely. This is rather unfortunate because it is estimated [...]