An ADA website lawsuit is made against you because your website is not accessible. And the reason for this is that websites are now more like public accommodations that should be easily accessible to everyone without any discrimination.

Many people wonder why there is so much hype over non-compliance issues, especially when the internet and websites have been around for so long. Well, it’s because there were not many sites doing business on the internet in 1989 upon the passing of the ADA.

Besides, no one knew how much the internet would affect our everyday lives today. Today everyone uses the internet for everything, like shopping, finding jobs, and booking tickets.

With these changes and necessities, the average adult uses the internet for about six hours every day, looking for information and doing some form of online work. This includes disabled people who may use the information for the reasons mentioned above.

So take the example of visually impaired users who want to find something or some information online. They generally use the help of assistive technologies like screen readers to access online information.

If they land on your website and cannot access it, they lose the privilege of visiting and using it. Besides, this cannot be very pleasant to disabled users as they cannot access your site to gain information or do business with you.

For reasons like this, the disabled may file a case against you for an inaccessible website. This claim that they make is called an ADA website lawsuit.