ADA & WCAG Compliance
Since 2006 · 100+ sites shipped · Lake Ozark, MO
ADA website compliance isn't just a legal box to check. It's about making sure the folks who land on your site can actually use it, whatever device, browser, or assistive technology they're on. We help you get there without making it complicated.
The Americans with Disabilities Act has been interpreted by courts across the country to apply to websites as "places of public accommodation." That means a small business site that isn't usable by somebody with a visual, motor, hearing, or cognitive disability can become the target of a demand letter or lawsuit. These suits have surged in recent years, often against small local businesses with no idea they were exposed.
Beyond the legal side, between 20 and 25 percent of adults in the United States live with some form of disability. An inaccessible site quietly sends a share of your potential customers away every day. Fixing it is both the right thing to do and a real business improvement.
We take a practical approach for small and mid-size businesses. Clear audit, realistic remediation plan, the right on-page fixes, a published accessibility statement, and ongoing monitoring so the site doesn't drift back out of shape. No scare tactics, no endless retainer.
What we do
We run your site through automated tools and do a hands-on review with keyboard and screen-reader testing. You get a plain-English report with what's working, what's not, and what matters most.
Alt text on images, proper heading structure, labeled forms, color contrast, keyboard navigation, ARIA where it actually helps. Real fixes in the code, not a script that overlays the site.
We install a small, tasteful viewer-side widget that lets visitors adjust text size, turn on high contrast, underline links, or reduce motion. Not a replacement for real fixes, but a helpful extra for visitors who want more control.
We draft a clear accessibility statement for your site that explains your commitment, what's been done, how to report issues, and how to reach you. Good for visitors and good for showing good-faith effort.
Sites drift. A plugin update or a new blog post can quietly break something that used to work. We can keep an eye on it, catch regressions, and re-audit every six to twelve months so your compliance effort doesn't go stale.
Honest notes
We don't guarantee you'll never be sued. Nobody can, and anyone promising that is selling something. What we do is help you put in a strong, defensible good-faith effort that substantially reduces your exposure and genuinely helps your visitors.
Overlay tools alone aren't the answer. Those one-line JavaScript widgets that promise "instant ADA compliance" have been criticized by accessibility advocates and have themselves been the subject of lawsuits. Real compliance starts in the code and the content, not a floating icon.
We're not lawyers. For legal advice about your specific risk, talk to an attorney. We'll happily coordinate with yours on any technical questions. For a friendly neighborhood recommendation, see our law-firm website design work for how we think about substance over spectacle.
Curious how accessible your current site is? We'll take a look and tell you, no commitment.
Recent work
A sample from the portfolio. Every one of these is a site we designed, built, or are actively maintaining today.
Nonprofit · Jefferson City
A licensed Missouri adoption agency out of Jefferson City. A careful, warm site with clear forms for birth mothers and adoptive families.
adoptionsolutionsmo.com →
Virtual bookkeeping · Eugene, MO
A husband-and-wife virtual bookkeeping and admin firm in Eugene, Missouri. Single-page WordPress site, custom theme, contact form straight to the owner.
goclarkston.com →
Concrete contractor · Lake of the Ozarks
A Lake of the Ozarks concrete contractor. Full site with project gallery, lightbox, service pages, and a contact form straight to the owner.
trueprecisionloz.com →
Real estate · Lake Ozark
Residential and commercial development here at the Lake. A clean, serious site that's easy to update and fast on a phone.
ckeproperties.com →
FAQ
The federal Title II ADA rule (the one for state and local government websites) carries a compliance deadline in April 2026 for larger public entities and April 2027 for smaller ones. For private businesses, there's no single federal deadline — but courts already treat WCAG 2.1 AA as the working standard, and lawsuits against non-compliant business websites have been climbing every year since 2018. The practical answer for most small businesses is: get it handled now, not after a demand letter shows up.
Title II covers state and local government, public schools, public libraries, transit, and other public entities. If you run a city, county, school district, or any agency that takes public funds, the 2026/2027 WCAG 2.1 AA deadline applies to you. Private businesses fall under Title III, which doesn't have a calendar deadline but is the basis for most of the lawsuits you see in the news. Either way, the fix is the same: get to WCAG 2.1 AA and document what you did.
Yes, a few good free tools: WAVE (wave.webaim.org), axe DevTools, and Google Lighthouse all give you a first pass on automated issues. Be careful though, automated tools catch maybe a third of real problems. They flag the easy stuff (missing alt text, low contrast, missing labels) but miss the things that actually cause lawsuits (keyboard traps, broken focus order, screen-reader logic). A real audit always includes hands-on keyboard and screen-reader testing on top of the automated scans. We do both.
Any public-facing business site can become a target, and small local businesses are hit surprisingly often. The practical answer depends on your industry, audience, and how publicly accessible your site is. We're happy to take a quick look and give you a read on where you stand.
It's the international accessibility standard most U.S. courts reference. Level AA covers things like color contrast, keyboard navigation, labels, alternative text, and captions. It's the level most businesses should aim for, and the one we target by default.
No honest vendor can guarantee lawsuit-proof compliance. Accessibility is an ongoing effort, and there's no certification body that formally approves a site as "compliant" for legal purposes. What we deliver is a substantial good-faith effort aligned with WCAG 2.1 AA and the documentation to back that up.
It depends on the size of the site and how much remediation it needs. We quote every project as a flat fee in writing after a quick audit, so you know what you're paying before you say yes. For a lot of small business sites, it's a very reasonable one-time project plus a small ongoing monitoring fee if you want it.
Yes. Most of our accessibility work is on sites we didn't originally build. As long as we have access to the site (admin or developer credentials), we can audit and remediate. WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, custom builds, all fair game.
Ready to talk?
We quote every project as a flat fee in writing once we understand the scope. Drop us a note, give us a call, or send a text. We'll get back within one business day.
Short reads on the kinds of projects we handle most. Industry by industry and city by city around the Lake of the Ozarks.
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We are committed to providing a website experience that is accessible to the widest possible audience and to continually improving accessibility and usability across our website and services.
Our goal is to support applicable accessibility standards, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, through ongoing evaluation, testing, remediation, and improvement efforts.
Accessibility is an ongoing process. While we strive to make all pages and functionality accessible, some content or features may not yet fully conform to all accessibility standards at all times. We are continuously working to improve accessibility as technologies, standards, and user needs evolve.
This website may include tools and features intended to enhance accessibility and usability, such as options for text scaling, contrast adjustment, and reduced motion preferences. These tools are intended to assist users but may not address every accessibility need or work equally for all users or assistive technologies.
If you experience difficulty accessing any content, feature, or functionality on this website, or if you have specific accessibility questions or concerns, please contact us. We take accessibility feedback seriously and will make commercially reasonable efforts to address reported issues and provide requested information or services through an alternative method where appropriate.
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Last updated: 2026