According to some estimates, the number of website accessibility
lawsuits filed in federal court nearly tripled from 2017
to 2018, and there is no indication that this trend will slow down
in 2019. Businesses across a wide spectrum of industries have
reported exponential increases in the number of demand letters they
received threatening suit over the accessibility of their
organization websites. Organizations in higher education are no
exception. As the number of plaintiff-friendly opinions stacks up,
many higher education entities are asking:
Does our website comply with the Americans With Disabilities
Act?
A website accessibility claim typically alleges that an
organization or school website contains content that is
inaccessible to persons with visual, auditory, or other types of
impairments. Many of these suits have been filed on behalf of
visually impaired individuals who rely on screen-reader software,
such as JAWS or NVDA, to interact with and access
