Businesses Are Being Sued Over Their Websites. Is Yours ADA Compliant?
Is my Connecticut business website ADA-compliant — and if not, how exposed am I to a lawsuit?
Connecticut Website Company runs WCAG 2.1 AA audits with @axe-core/playwright against every URL on your site, at mobile and desktop viewports, then remediates what it finds. That is the standard cited in the 4,000-plus Title III web-accessibility lawsuits filed in the US each year (Seyfarth Shaw 2025 ADA Litigation Report).
Everything that comes with this work.
- WCAG 2.1 AA audit using @axe-core/playwright (industry standard)
- Mobile + desktop scans of every URL in your sitemap
- Remediation report: every critical & serious violation, with fixes
- Manual keyboard and screen-reader review, not just the automated pass
- Litigation-evidence-grade documentation if you receive a demand letter
- Re-scan after remediation to confirm clean exit
Connecticut businesses with public-facing websites who want to take the ADA-lawsuit risk off the table for good.
The detail behind the headline.
US ADA litigation under Title III cites WCAG 2.1 AA as the de-facto standard. More than 4,000 web-accessibility lawsuits are filed in the US every year, per the Seyfarth Shaw 2025 ADA Litigation Report. Connecticut businesses — restaurants, retailers, professional services — are not exempt.
We run a WCAG 2.1 AA audit using @axe-core/playwright against every URL on your site at mobile and desktop viewports, surface every critical and serious violation, and remediate. The audit covers contrast, keyboard navigation, screen-reader semantics, focus management, ARIA correctness, and target sizes — the issues that actually show up in demand letters.
Automated scanning alone is not enough: a large share of accessibility barriers are only findable by hand, so every audit includes manual keyboard and screen-reader review alongside the automated pass. Every site we build from scratch ships ADA-compliant by default — that's a baseline, not an upcharge. Audits and remediation for sites you didn't build with us are scoped after a free 15-minute review.
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ADA Compliance FAQs
Can my small business get sued if my website isn't ADA compliant?
Yes, it happens. More than 4,000 web-accessibility lawsuits are filed in the US every year under ADA Title III, according to the Seyfarth Shaw 2025 ADA Litigation Report, and Connecticut restaurants, retailers and professional-services firms are not exempt. Connecticut Website Company audits and remediates websites to reduce that exposure. For legal questions, talk to an attorney.
What standard does an ADA-compliant website need to meet?
WCAG 2.1 AA. US litigation under ADA Title III cites it as the de-facto standard for website accessibility. Connecticut Website Company audits and builds to WCAG 2.1 AA, covering color contrast, keyboard navigation, screen-reader semantics, focus management, ARIA correctness and target sizes: the issues that actually show up in demand letters.
How do you check whether my website is ADA compliant?
Our Southington team runs a WCAG 2.1 AA audit with @axe-core/playwright against every URL in your sitemap, at both mobile and desktop viewports. Then we review the site by hand with a keyboard and a screen reader, because many accessibility barriers never show up in an automated scan.
Will an accessibility widget or plugin make my website ADA compliant?
Not on its own. Automated tools can't find every accessibility barrier, and a large share are only findable by hand. That's why every Connecticut Website Company audit pairs an automated scan with manual keyboard and screen-reader review, then remediates the critical and serious violations it finds.
Can you fix accessibility problems on a website you didn't build?
Yes. Connecticut Website Company audits and remediates websites built by other designers, scoped after a free 15-minute review. You get a remediation report listing every critical and serious violation with its fix, and we re-scan after remediation to confirm a clean exit.
What should I do if my business gets an ADA website demand letter?
Talk to an attorney first. We don't give legal advice. On the website side, Connecticut Website Company provides litigation-evidence-grade documentation of your audit and remediation, showing what was found and what was fixed. No one can honestly promise that a website makes your business immune from a lawsuit.
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