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What are the disability laws in Canada?
Оntario legislation passed the AODA. This law aims to remove obstacles and make Ontario hospitable and accessіble to all people with disabilities. Оntario approachability standards of legislation were created as part of the AODA. These standards are guiding principles...
Accessibility Testing for Mobile Devices
Accessibility Testing for Mobile DevicesIn order to capture a piece of the huge and rapidly growing mobile market, e-commerce and other online companies need to build their digital assets with both responsive web design and mobile accessibility in mind. Why is this...
What is Section 508 and why does it matter?
What is Section 508 and why does it matter?Section 508 refers to a specific clause of the United States Rehabilitation Act that regulates the accessibility of electronic and information technology developed, maintained, procured, or used by the federal government....
Why do you need an accessibility check?
In the developed countries of the world, in America and Europe, site accessibility testing for people with disabilities is critical. Statistics illustrate the importance of accessibility checks as 15% of the world's inhabitants have a disabled status, which is more...
What is ADA?
Chances are, if you have a business, then you are not new to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). But these days, almost every business should have a basic understanding of Section III of the ADA specifications. It has recently become a common tool...
7 Compelling Reasons to Make Insurance Websites Accessible
7 Compelling Reasons to Make Insurance Websites Accessible Why is digital accessibility so critical for insurance brands? The compliance experts at Allyable explore 7 indisputable reasons—from legal to financial to moral—to prioritize making websites and apps fully...
3 Simple Ways Insurance Brands Can Improve Accessibility
3 Simple Ways Insurance Brands Can Improve Accessibility Millions of people with disabilities have trouble accessing critical information online due to significant content and technology barriers. Digital accessibility leader Allyable describes three steps insurance...
7 Compelling Reasons to Make Pharmaceutical Websites Accessible
7 Compelling Reasons to Make Pharmaceutical Websites Accessible Why is digital accessibility so critical for pharmaceutical brands? The compliance experts at Allyable explore 7 indisputable reasons—from legal to financial to moral—to prioritize making websites and...
Top 5 Most Accessible Insurance Companies
Top 5 Most Accessible Insurance Companies In a review of 150 insurance web pages, Allyable found that only 4% of sites (one out of every twenty-five) are compliant with international accessibility standards for users with disabilities. Are most insurance brand...
3 Simple Ways Pharma Brands Can Improve Accessibility
3 Simple Ways Pharma Brands Can Improve Accessibility Millions of people with disabilities who depend on life-saving medications and critical vaccine updates have trouble accessing information online. Digital accessibility leader Allyable describes three steps...
What If Your Website Can’t Afford Digital Accessibility?
What If Your Website Can't Afford Digital Accessibility? Every business strives to cut costs on expenses in order to maximize profits, and spending additional charges on accessibility can be something that a company might consider ignoring. Digital accessibility is an...
Things that big companies needs to know about Accessibility
Things that big companies need to know about Accessibility Every company should have web content that is accessible to the users. There are laws and standards that have been put in place to ensure that your website is accessible. There will be improved user...
Automated tools for accessibility compliance
Automated tools for accessibility compliance Accessibility compliance refers to making web applications accessible and valuable to people with impairments and disabilities. Several tools can be adopted to enhance the automation of accessibility testing for digital...
Top 5 Most Accessible Pharmaceutical Companies
Top 5 Most Accessible Pharmaceutical Companies In a review of 150 pharmaceutical web pages, Allyable found that only 4% of sites (one out of every twenty-five) are compliant with international accessibility standards for users with disabilities. Are most...
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) – What is it?
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) – What is it?Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – What are they? The Internet is meant to be available and easily accessible to everyone, everywhere. However, many people living with some form of disability routinely...
What Is VPAT, And Why Do You Need It?
What Is VPAT, And Why Do You Need It? A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template ( VPAT) is a special document that details and explains how information and communication technology products like software, hardware, electronic content conform to the Revised 508...
What is ADA testing and why it is important
What is ADA testing and why is it important?In the United States, 61 million adults (26%) live with some form of disability, such as mobility, cognitive, auditory, speech, visual, and age-related challenges. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), originally passed...
How To Make Your Website More Accessible
How To Make Your Website More AccessibleWhen creating a website, you must make it digitally accessible by building digital content, which people with disabilities can access and use easily. What does 508 compliant mean? Section 508 is part of the Rehabilitation Act of...
Digital Accessibility: What It Is and Why You Need It
Digital Accessibility: What It Is and Why You Need ItWeb-based content influences wide-ranging aspects of everyday life. It’s how we shop. How we communicate. How we get information on everything from train schedules to restaurant menus to directions to the nearest...
The Hybrid Approach to Digital Accessibility
The Hybrid Approach to Digital AccessibilityDigital accessibility isn’t a one-time fix, and a changing legal landscape means that website owners need to adopt a mindset of 24/7 compliance with web accessibility standards. However, this can seem quite literally like a...
