People with some disabilities may see your site differently or may need to brows it using different devices than a mouse or a keyboard. That means you need to use accessibility solutions to make your website available for that group. We offer multiple solutions that you can learn about below.
Exact accessibility requirements for a website is not officially defined by law. Therefore there are different level of accessibility upgrade available that you may apply to your website that improves its accessibility. The only way of getting maximum compliance is a manual complinace check. We partner with EqualWeb and the following services is provided by them. O360 will integrate the second option (paid plugin) as part of your website package at no additional charge to you. But we strongly recommend full upgrade to the manual compliance for maximum protection of your practice against potential legal challenges. Continue to read below and Contact us for more information.
Someone with visual impairment may see a website differently or
may need additional devices to use a medical or dental website
Missions are affected. 1 in 5 people has some form of disability.
2 million people are legally blind. 5.1 million people suffer from seizures,
and 7.6 million people have some form of auditory impairment.
This issue is a complicated challenge for a lot of websites including banks, schools, and big businesses. The main problem is that there are no government-sanctioned guidelines about what a website requires to do to be compliant with the law. The act was written before the age of the internet, and, the interpretation of the law ranges widely depending on who is on what side of the problem.
There are a few organizations that have issued accessibility guidelines for websites, but, following all of the recommendations is often not possible, especially if a website likes to maintain a visually appealing site. Even if there are solutions for that, the cost puts the goal outside of the range for many dental or medical practices.
Through a partnership with EqualWeb, we add a free plugin to your website that takes care of a good percentage of accessibility issues. But, may not be enough based on your specialty, type of website, and the location of your practice. The determination of the level of accessibility needed for your website is a job for your legal team. When you know what you need, you can contact us and we can show you the different levels of service that EqualWeb can offer and you can consider that as one of the options. Buy we strongly recommend their full Managed Compliance package that comes with great features and protection. Please note this is not an O360 product/service and we simply facilitate the implementation as a courtesy to our client.
Learn about getting a tax credit for the cost of ADA-Compliance.
EqualWeb Accessibility Packages
To learn more about potential solutions or for a free evaluation of your current site, click here to contact O360®.
