Web Accessibility Awareness Foundation - WAAF

10/16/2024

Check out this great new blog about Digital ADA Compliance from The Diamond Group Digital Marketing Agency.

Learn why ADA compliance in web design is essential for accessibility, SEO, and avoiding lawsuits. Discover key practices and benefits for making your website inclusive and user-friendly.

09/26/2024

Would you like to attend the Wilmington BizExpo 2024 for FREE?

Come be my guest and register by Friday with the link below. 😀
Come see my presentation nat 3 PM:
"What is the Cost of Not Having an ADA Accessible Website for Your Business?"

Learn how to make sure your business is complaint with the newly enforced law.

I will reveal all the benefits and the true cost of neglecting accessibility on your website.

What You’ll Learn:
- The legal risks and potential lawsuits businesses face without ADA compliance
- How an accessible website can open up new markets and increase revenue
- The government tax credits available for making your website compliant
- Simple steps to ensure your site meets federal accessibility standards
Why Attend?
This talk is essential for business owners, marketers, and web developers who want to safeguard their companies from costly penalties and boost their digital reach. Don’t wait until it’s too late—ADA compliance is not just a legal obligation, it’s a business opportunity!I

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09/25/2024

Hello All
Next week I will be presenting at the 2024 WilmingtonBiz Expo. If you would like to be my guest and get a FREE Pass please let me know. Feel free to message me our send me an email.

I also have 10 seats at my table for the business lunch if you would like to be my guest there as well. First 10 people to respond i will be happy to give these seats to. I would love to have you as my guest.

See you there :-)

Tony Caggiano

Event Link: https://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/eventDetails?eventID=215

07/24/2024

Limitations of AI for Web Accessibility

AI has limitations when it comes to accessibility for digital content.

07/23/2024

https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2020/03/10/serial-plaintiff-sues-louis-garneau-usa-over-website-ada-compliance

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (BRAIN) — An Astoria, N.Y. man who is legally blind is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit filed against Louis Garneau USA. The suit alleges the Vermont-based company's website is not compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

05/11/2024

https://www.ada.gov/resources/web-guidance/ -the-ada-requires-web-content-to-be-accessible

Guidance on how state and local governments and businesses open to the public can make sure their websites are in line with the ADA’s requirements.

04/30/2024

Why is ADA non-compliance on websites such a big deal?

Consider the case of the boutique Avanti Hotel, which faced an ADA lawsuit over its inaccessible website. The hotel management faced a harsh reality. Improving the website’s accessibility would cost around $3,000 – a sum they were willing to pay. However, the lawsuit also sought damages, increasing potential expenses to about $8,000 to $13,000 in settlement fees alone.

Fighting the lawsuit was an option, but the financial implications would have been more than a small business like Avanti could bear. They faced the risk of paying up to $25,000 in damages and attorney fees if the court ruled against them. As a temporary measure, the hotel simplified several website pages – including the homepage – to plain text.

The lawsuit likely hit Avanti’s business hard. It caused financial stress and forced them to simplify their website. This change might have turned away potential guests, damaged the hotel’s brand image, and lowered trust. Customers looking online could find the basic site less appealing and choose competitors with more engaging websites instead. This situation shows how ADA non-compliance can lead to legal troubles, loss of revenue and damaged reputation.

04/29/2024

Marketing Agency

03/26/2024

Accessibility is Good for Business!
In the US, people with disabilities have $490 billion in disposable income
(American Institutes for Research)

People with disabilities have an estimated spending power of about $25 billion> annually across Canada
(RBC)

UK vendors are at risk of losing £249 billion a year by ignoring consumers with disabilities
(UK Government)

02/04/2024

Borrowed this from a friend’s post. Thank you Kerry Kasotsky

Me: Hey God.
God: Hello.....
Me: I'm falling apart. Can you put me back together?
God: I would rather not.
Me: Why?
God: Because you aren't a puzzle.
Me: What about all of the pieces of my life that are falling down onto the ground?
God: Let them stay there for a while. They fell off for a reason. Take some time and decide if you need any of those pieces back.
Me: You don't understand! I'm breaking down!
God: No - you don't understand. You are breaking through. What you are feeling are just growing pains. You are shedding the things and the people in your life that are holding you back. You aren't falling apart. You are falling into place. Relax. Take some deep breaths and allow those things you don't need anymore to fall off of you. Quit holding onto the pieces that don't fit you anymore. Let them fall off. Let them go.
Me: Once I start doing that, what will be left of me?
God: Only the very best pieces of you.
Me: I'm scared of changing.
God: I keep telling you - YOU AREN'T CHANGING!! YOU ARE BECOMING!
Me: Becoming who?
God: Becoming who I created you to be! A person of light and love and charity and hope and courage and joy and mercy and grace and compassion. I made you for more than the shallow pieces you have decided to adorn yourself with that you cling to with such greed and fear. Let those things fall off of you. I love you! Don't change! ... Become! Become! Become who I made you to be. I'm going to keep telling you this until you remember it.
Me: There goes another piece.
God: Yep. Let it be.
Me: So ... I'm not broken?
God: Of course Not! - but you are breaking like the dawn. It's a new day. Become!!!
~Author Unknown

01/29/2024

I am Looking to partner with accounting firms who are not yet using Form 8826 to claim the disabled access credit for their clients.

ADA Compliance for business websites, to assist people with disabilities, is now required by law,but this credit can be used to offset or reimburse clients for accessible digital marketing.

Up to $5000 can be claimed every year. We can help you be a rock star to your clients and help them be compliant with the new law.

01/10/2024

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