Accessibility Compliance
Done at the Source
We fix your website's actual code — not with a JavaScript overlay that gets your clients sued anyway. Real WCAG 2.2 remediation, performed by people, documented for legal defense.
Your Website Has Legal Obligations
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in places of public accommodation. Many courts have treated websites as places of public accommodation, though the federal circuits disagree on whether a site needs a connection to a physical location. If your site cannot be used by someone who is blind, deaf, or has a motor impairment, you are exposed to a claim under federal law.
In April 2024, the Department of Justice issued a final rule under Title II of the ADA mandating WCAG 2.1 AA compliance for state and local government websites. An interim final rule published April 20, 2026 extended the deadlines: entities with a total population of 50,000 or more must comply by April 26, 2027, and entities under 50,000 or any special district government by April 26, 2028. Federal courts continue to apply ADA standards to private-sector websites across every industry.
What WebAIM Found Scanning 1 Million Home Pages (February 2026)
- 95.9% of pages had detectable WCAG 2 failures
- Average of 56.1 errors per home page — up 10.1% in one year
- Low-contrast text present on 83.9% of pages
- Missing image alt text on 53.1% of pages
- Empty links on 46.3% and empty buttons on 30.6% of pages
- Missing form labels on 51.0% of pages
Who Is Affected — The 26%
- 26% of American adults live with a disability
- 70 million people in the U.S. alone
- 1.3 billion people globally — 16% of the world
- $490 billion in annual U.S. discretionary spending
- Abandon inaccessible sites at higher rates than any other barrier
- Accessible HTML also ranks higher in search engine results
Comprehensive Accessibility Services
Every engagement is scoped to what your site actually needs. We do not sell subscriptions or one-size-fits-all bundles.
We work on two platforms, deliberately. WordPress runs 40.2% of all websites and Shopify holds 32.1% of all ecommerce platforms — together close to half the web, and the two stacks where we already know where the failures come from. Specializing beats generalizing here, because a fix has to be made in the layer that wrote the markup, and that layer is different on each.
Accessibility Audit
A complete WCAG 2.2 evaluation — every page, image, form, video and document, with each failure’s severity and legal exposure. On WordPress we audit by template, because one broken layout repeats across every post that uses it. On Shopify we audit the theme’s sections and snippets plus the alt text on every product image — which lives in your admin, not your code, and which no theme edit or widget can supply.
WCAG Remediation
We fix violations in your source, not in a script layered over it. On WordPress that means a child theme or a site-specific plugin, never parent theme files, which the next update overwrites. On Shopify it means your theme’s Liquid sections and snippets, with the exact diff handed back to you — so a theme upgrade is a re-apply you can see rather than a silent reversal.
PDF Remediation
Every downloadable document must be tagged for screen reader navigation. PDFs sit outside your theme entirely — in the WordPress Media Library, or under Content › Files in Shopify — so no template fix and no widget ever reaches them. They are the most overlooked violation and a frequent target in demand letters.
Video Caption Services
Uncaptioned prerecorded video fails WCAG 1.2.2 at Level A. We caption your videos and deliver SRT and VTT files. On WordPress they attach directly to the core video block. On Shopify they cannot: the native video_tag output carries no caption track, so we wire captions through a theme-level video element or an external player that supports them — a limitation most vendors never mention.
VPAT / ACR Generation
A formal Voluntary Product Accessibility Template for government contractors, enterprise procurement and university purchasing. Ours records what we tested and the platform boundaries we could not cross — on Shopify, checkout is Shopify’s own code and no vendor can remediate it. Reviewers trust a VPAT that names its limits more than one that claims none.
Accessibility Test Record
A dated record of exactly what we tested, what we found and what we changed against WCAG 2.2 AA — naming your platform, theme, and the versions in place on the date of testing. Useful for legal defense, enterprise sales, RFP responses and vendor qualification.
Why JavaScript Widgets Don't Solve This
Overlay products attempt to auto-repair accessibility at render time. The FTC has acted against one overlay vendor’s compliance claims, accessibility professionals have signed a statement against the approach, and lawsuits keep landing on sites that run one.
❌ Overlay / Widget Approach
- Injected JavaScript cannot fix broken HTML structure
- An overlay can only guess what each element is for, and your code stays unchanged
- Accessibility professionals signed the Overlay Fact Sheet opposing them
- The FTC ordered accessiBe to pay $1 million in 2025
- In 2024, 1,023 companies sued over web accessibility had a widget live on their site (UsableNet)
- Remove the subscription — all the apparent "fixes" disappear instantly
- Does not produce a defensible compliance record for court
✓ Compliapoint Source Remediation
- Fixes made directly in HTML, CSS, and template source files
- Works with every assistive technology without conflict
- Made in a child theme or Liquid source, with the diff documented for every update
- Complete documented audit trail for legal defense
- Dated accessibility test record issued on remediation completion
- VPAT available for government and enterprise procurement
- One-time project cost — no forced ongoing subscription
- Violations are actually resolved, not cosmetically masked
A Clear, Documented Process
No surprises. No scope creep. Every step is confirmed in writing before work begins.
Site Assessment
You complete our 5-minute Site Accessibility Assessment. We review your answers and your site to scope the engagement accurately.
Proposal & Confirmation
We send a detailed written proposal with a fixed price and full scope of work. Nothing begins until you approve it in writing.
Audit & Remediation
We conduct the audit and complete remediation within the agreed timeline. Standard delivery is 7–10 business days. Rush available in 1–3 days.
Deliverables
You receive your complete package: audit report, remediation documentation, dated accessibility test record, and all additional items in scope.
Every Industry Has Different Exposure
The legal requirements and lawsuit patterns vary by industry. Understanding your specific risk profile matters for scoping the right engagement.
Education
15% of students have a learning disability. Section 508 mandatory for all federally funded institutions.
Government
DOJ’s Title II rule mandates WCAG 2.1 AA for state and local government. As extended in April 2026, the first compliance date is April 26, 2027; smaller entities and special districts follow on April 26, 2028.
Legal & Finance
More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults have a disability, by the CDC’s count. Intake forms, client portals and PDFs all have to work for them.
E-Commerce
70% of the 2025 ADA lawsuits UsableNet counted targeted online stores. Every product image, filter, and checkout step is potential exposure.
Restaurants
Food service drew 21% of the lawsuits UsableNet counted in 2025, second only to e-commerce. Menus and reservation systems are the primary targets.
Find Out Where You Stand
Our Site Accessibility Assessment takes about 3 minutes. We review your answers and respond with a clear written proposal — no obligation, no automatic charges, no pressure.
Some eligible small businesses may qualify for the federal Disabled Access Credit for qualifying accessibility expenditures. Ask your tax professional whether your project qualifies.