8 guides
Answers: “What are the ADA compliance requirements for US businesses?”
The pillar guide to ADA compliance for US businesses: what the law requires, who it covers, what standard applies to websites, how enforcement works, and where to start.
Answers: “Do accessibility overlay widgets make my website ADA compliant?”
The technical reasons accessibility overlays cannot deliver WCAG compliance, what the FTC and the accessibility community have said, and what to do instead.
Answers: “What is WCAG 2.1 AA and how does it apply to my Shopify store?”
What WCAG 2.1 AA actually is, how the guidelines map to the parts of a Shopify store, and which criteria matter most for ecommerce.
Answers: “Should I get an accessibility audit or install a widget like accessiBe?”
The real difference between a human accessibility audit and an overlay widget: what each one actually does, what each one costs, and what the FTC had to say about it.
Answers: “Who is exempt from ADA website compliance?”
The real exemptions under ADA Title III, the myths that get repeated, and why state laws close most of the gaps people hope to fit through.
Answers: “Which ecommerce platform is best for ADA compliance?”
How the accessibility risk differs across the three big ecommerce platforms, where each one tends to break, and what stays your responsibility on all of them.
Answers: “Is Shopify automatically ADA compliant?”
What Shopify gives you out of the box, what it explicitly leaves to you, and why 'built on Shopify' has never been a compliance defense.
Answers: “Do online stores legally have to be ADA compliant?”
Whether the ADA applies to your online store, what the courts have actually decided, and what standard you are expected to meet in practice.