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Whoa, it is actually illegal to make "not accessible" websites?


In the US, it is if you're an incorporated business serving as a "public accommodation" as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act, which includes hotels, restaurants, theaters, storefronts. If it is just your personal blog, it doesn't apply. It is the same law that requires storefronts to have wheelchair ramps, but not homes. See Gil v. Winn-Dixie: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=674450226911160...


More than that; as someone else linked [1], if you're in a business employing at least 15 people (more than half the year), you are also required to have your site be accessible. You don't have to be serving as a public accommodation, for that.

[1] https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10900-ada-website-requirem...


https://www.section508.gov/manage/laws-and-policies

They even have a compliance tester.


Yeah it's been the only way to make sure people with disabilities aren't left behind.


Ontario, Canada has a similar (maybe a bit more relaxed) law: https://www.ontario.ca/page/how-make-websites-accessible




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