Your website must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This means making sure that your website offers features for those who are disabled, thereby allowing them to access and enjoy your website.
Going over the importance of validating your HTML for ADA web accessibility and speaking with an ADA web accessibility lawyer will make it easier for you to protect your website.
What Are The Core Principles Of ADA Web Accessibility?
The core principles of ADA web accessibility are as follows:
Your website must be perceivable.
Your website must be operable.
Your website must be understandable.
Your website must be robust.
If your website offers features that support these features, then your website can be considered ADA-accessible. By being considered ADA accessible, you can protect your website from ADA web accessibility claims/lawsuits.
Just as you might assume, validating your HTML helps you satisfy the core principles of ADA web accessibility.
What Does It Mean To Validate Your HTML?
Validating your HTML means going through the HTML markup on your website. In doing so, we validate the HTML markup that comprises this website, ensuring that it satisfies all requirements.
Just as an example, if you go through the HTML markup that comprises one of your blog posts, you can access:
The start and end tags for each element.
The IDs and their uniqueness.
The nesting of every element is based on its specifications.
If you look at the above, you can tell if there are any errors. Doing so allows you to validate the HTML code, which makes it considerably easier for you to fix any errors that may be present.
Why Is Validating Your HTML Important For ADA Web Accessibility?
Validating your HTML allows you to fix common HTML errors that can affect your website’s accessibility. Some of these common HTML errors and their associated effects on accessibility are as follows:
A lack of semantic HTML for headings – among other things – makes it harder for those who use assistive technologies to understand what your website offers.
A lack of alt text makes it more difficult for people who can’t see to understand the overall purpose and content of the images you host on your website.
A lack of clarification regarding your hyperlinks makes it difficult for people to understand the purpose of a hyperlink and, in turn, the purpose of what your website offers.
A lack of markup that shows up properly on an assistive technology; if someone uses an assistive technology, they may not be able to access, or even use, your website.
Every single one of the above can be fixed by validating your HTML.
Outside of the above, there are a wide variety of other ADA-related issues that validating your HTML and fixing what it reveals will help you deal with.
Speak With A New York ADA Web Accessibility Lawyer Today
If you are facing an ADA web accessibility claim or lawsuit, obtaining legal help may be a wise choice. Speak with a New York ADA web accessibility lawyer at The Samuel Law Firm today, and we will help you protect your website.
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