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Is your website ADA compliant? If you’re not sure, now is the time to find out. The   Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)   is a federal civil rights regulation that was passed in 1990 making it illegal to discriminate against individuals with disabilities. However, ADA compliance is simultaneously straightforward and vague: businesses are required to provide disabled individuals with equal access to their goods, services, and physical locations. When it comes to your website, having an incomplete picture of the law can be costly. In 2018 alone, there were 2,285 website ADA compliance lawsuits filed in the US, including many against high-profile names like Home Depot, Beyoncé, Nike, Harvard University, Blue Apron, and Domino’s Pizza. Despite these bigger names garnering national media attention, the vast majority of defendants in ADA website compliance lawsuits are small- to medium-sized businesses that aren’t able to invest dedicated resources in web developm...