ADA compliant websites, built right the first time
Roughly one in four American adults lives with a disability, and the lawsuits over inaccessible websites are real and increasing. An ADA compliant website protects you on both fronts: it serves customers you are currently turning away, and it shrinks a legal exposure most business owners do not know they have.
Keller Creative builds new sites to accessibility standards from the first template and remediates existing ones, for Knoxville businesses and beyond.
What compliance actually requires
The practical standard courts and regulators reference is WCAG, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, at level AA. That covers things like sufficient color contrast, keyboard navigation, screen-reader-friendly markup, labeled forms, and captioned video.
One thing we will tell you straight: overlay widgets, the little accessibility buttons sold as one-line fixes, do not make a site compliant. Several lawsuits have named sites that used them. Real compliance lives in the code.
Audit, remediate, maintain
For existing sites we run a combined automated and manual audit, because automated scanners catch only a fraction of real barriers. You get a prioritized findings report, then we fix issues directly in your codebase, starting with the templates that touch the most pages.
New builds skip the remediation step entirely. Accessibility is part of our development standard, so compliance is baked in rather than retrofitted.
Where most sites fail
- Text that fails color-contrast minimums
- Images without meaningful alt text
- Menus and modals that trap keyboard users
- Form fields with no programmatic labels
- Missing focus indicators
- Video without captions or transcripts
- Heading structures that confuse screen readers
Frequently Asked Questions About ADA Compliance
Is ADA compliance legally required for my website?
Courts have repeatedly treated business websites as places of public accommodation under the ADA, and demand letters now reach businesses of every size, not just national brands. We are not lawyers and this is not legal advice, but the trend line is clear and the fix is cheaper than the defense.
Can you make our current site compliant, or do we need a rebuild?
Most sites can be remediated in place. The audit tells us which it is: if your platform generates inaccessible markup we cannot reach, we will show you exactly why and what a rebuild would involve. You decide with the findings in hand.
How long does remediation take?
The audit takes about a week. Remediation depends on the volume and severity of findings, commonly two to six weeks. High-risk issues get fixed first so your exposure drops early in the engagement.
Does compliance stay fixed once it is done?
Only if new content follows the same rules. We train your team on the habits that matter, alt text, heading order, link wording, and offer periodic re-audits since standards and your site both keep changing.
Ready when you are.
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