An ADA-compliant website meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines so people with disabilities can perceive, navigate, and use it — and so your organization avoids demand letters and lawsuits. Vertex Digital Studios audits your site, remediates the code, fixes your PDFs, and monitors accessibility over time. We are a Mid-Michigan team based in Midland, and we serve clients anywhere.
ADA website compliance means your site conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) so that people using screen readers, keyboards, and other assistive technology can use it fully. Compliance covers color contrast, keyboard navigation, image alt text, captions, form labels, and accessible documents. Vertex Digital Studios brings sites to WCAG 2.1 Level AA — the standard the Department of Justice references — and keeps them there with ongoing monitoring.
Nonprofits, churches, townships and municipalities, healthcare practices, schools, and law firms are the organizations most often targeted. Public-facing services carry the highest risk.
Accessibility shields you from demand letters, lawsuits, and reputational harm while opening your services to the one in four U.S. adults living with a disability.
Code-level audits, remediation to WCAG 2.1 AA, accessible PDF documents, and ongoing monitoring so your site stays compliant as you add content.
Website accessibility litigation has become one of the most common forms of ADA action in the United States. Plaintiffs file thousands of lawsuits every year alleging that websites and documents are unusable with assistive technology, and many more organizations receive private demand letters that never reach a courtroom. In 2024 the Department of Justice finalized a rule under Title II that requires state and local governments to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, removing any doubt that public-sector sites are covered.
"Accessibility is not a feature you bolt on at the end — it is part of building a site correctly. When a township or clinic calls us after a demand letter, the fix is almost always code that should have been written accessibly in the first place." — Vertex Digital Studios
Talk to us about your riskDigital accessibility gaps affect a huge share of both people and websites. A large portion of the population relies on assistive technology, yet the overwhelming majority of popular websites still fail automated accessibility checks. These figures explain why demand letters and lawsuits are so common and why a proactive audit is cheaper than a reactive settlement. Vertex Digital Studios closes these gaps before they become legal exposure.
"The organizations that sleep well are the ones that treated accessibility as ongoing maintenance, not a one-time project. An audit tells you where you stand today; monitoring keeps you compliant as every new page and PDF goes up," says the team at Vertex Digital Studios.
| WCAG Level | What it covers | Who needs it |
|---|---|---|
| Level A | The most basic requirements — alt text, keyboard access, no critical blockers | Minimum floor; not sufficient on its own |
| Level AA | Color contrast, captions, labels, resize, navigation — the practical standard | The target the DOJ references; what we remediate to |
| Level AAA | The strictest criteria — enhanced contrast, sign language, context help | Aspirational; rarely required across a whole site |
| PDF & documents | Tagged structure, reading order, screen-reader labels, searchable text | Any org that posts forms, menus, or reports |
Vertex Digital Studios follows a four-step accessibility process: audit, remediate, document, and monitor. We start with a code-level audit against WCAG 2.1 AA, fix the issues directly in your site, remediate your PDFs and forms, and set up ongoing monitoring so new content stays compliant. The result is a site that works for every visitor and stands up to legal scrutiny.
A full WCAG 2.1 AA audit of your site and key documents, with a plain-English report of every issue and its severity.
We fix contrast, keyboard traps, missing labels, alt text, and structure directly in the code — no overlay widgets that fail in court.
Tagging, reading order, and screen-reader labels for your forms, menus, board packets, and reports.
Scheduled re-scans and guidance so every new page and document you publish stays compliant over time.
Courts and the Department of Justice increasingly treat websites as places of public accommodation under Title III, and the 2024 Title II rule explicitly requires state and local government sites to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Most public-facing organizations should assume they are covered.
WCAG is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines published by the W3C. Most legal standards reference WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which is what Vertex audits and remediates to.
Yes. Forms, menus, reports, and board packets must be tagged and readable by screen readers. Inaccessible PDFs are a common source of complaints, so we remediate documents alongside the website.
In most cases yes. We audit, fix the accessibility issues in the code, and set up monitoring. A full rebuild is only recommended when the site is too outdated to remediate affordably.
Book a free, no-pressure discovery call. Tell us about your organization and we'll show you exactly where your site stands against WCAG 2.1 AA and what it takes to get compliant and stay there. Related: see our web design and SEO services.
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