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Accessibility Insights & Updates
Practical tips, industry news, and product updates from the LEWCA team.
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Video Accessibility for WordPress: Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions Explained
If your WordPress site includes video content — product demos, tutorials, testimonials, or explainer videos — there’s a good chance you’re unintentionally excluding a significant portion of your audience. Videos…
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The WebAIM Million 2026 Report: Web Accessibility Is Getting Worse — What WordPress Site Owners Need to Know
Every year, WebAIM analyzes the top one million home pages on the web and scores them against WCAG 2 accessibility standards. This year’s results should alarm anyone who runs a…
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Pro Se ADA Lawsuits Are Up 40%: Why Small Business WordPress Sites Can No Longer Fly Under the Radar
Imagine someone with no legal background, a WCAG checklist, and a chatbot drafting an ADA accessibility complaint against your website in under an hour — without ever hiring a lawyer.…
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38% of Sued Businesses Already Had an Accessibility Tool: What the 2025 Litigation Data Means for Your WordPress Site
Nearly four in ten businesses sued for web accessibility violations in 2025 already had an accessibility tool installed when the lawsuit was filed. That number — 38.5%, according to AudioEye’s…
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Got a demand letter? Here is your 72-hour plan
A demand letter arrived in your inbox this morning. You are not alone. Other small business owners get them too. Here is what WCAG 2.2 AA actually means for your…
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Scoping accessibility into a WordPress redesign without scaring the client
A well-scoped accessibility conversation doesn’t scare clients—it wins them. Here’s how WordPress agencies can talk about accessibility in redesign proposals without triggering the “scope creep” reflex. ## Open with business…
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PDF Accessibility: Why Your WordPress Downloads Are Putting You at Legal Risk in 2026
Most WordPress site owners spend time making their pages and forms accessible — and then upload a pile of inaccessible PDF brochures, menus, reports, and guides without a second thought.…
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HHS Just Extended Its Section 504 Web Accessibility Deadline — What Healthcare WordPress Sites Need to Know
Today — May 11, 2026 — was supposed to be the hard deadline for healthcare organizations and other recipients of HHS funding to bring their websites into full WCAG 2.1…
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How Screen Readers Actually Navigate Your WordPress Site
When a sighted user visits your WordPress site, they scan visually — headings, images, and layout create an instant orientation. A blind user navigating the same page through a screen…
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DOJ Extends ADA Title II Web Accessibility Deadline by One Year — But Don’t Relax Yet
Four days before the April 24, 2026 compliance deadline, the Department of Justice quietly dropped a bombshell: ADA Title II web accessibility deadlines have been extended by one year. If…