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Most website owners have no idea whether their site works for a customer who is blind, can't use a mouse or has low vision. Most sites don't. That is a problem for those customers first, and for the business second: inaccessible websites are the subject of thousands of ADA demand letters and lawsuits in the US every year, and small businesses are a common target.
- 95.9% of the top one million home pages had accessibility failures that a machine could detect.
- 83.9% had text with too little contrast to read comfortably, the most common failure.
- 53.1% had images with no text alternative for people who can't see them.
Source: WebAIM Million 2026 report.
Start the check
Open your website in another tab and answer honestly. "Not sure" is a fine answer, and it tells you what to look at.
Your result
This is a self-check based on your own answers. It is not an audit and not legal advice. It covers ten common problems out of the 50 success criteria in WCAG 2.1 Level AA, so a clean result means "nothing obvious", not "compliant".
What the 10 questions cover
- Keyboard access: can every menu, link, button and form be used without a mouse? (WCAG 2.1.1)
- Visible focus: can you see where you are while tabbing through the page? (2.4.7)
- Image descriptions: do meaningful images have alt text? (1.1.1)
- Colour contrast: is all text, including grey text and button labels, easy to read? (1.4.3)
- Form labels: does every field have a real label and a clear error message? (1.3.1, 3.3.2)
- Video captions: do videos with speech have accurate captions? (1.2.2)
- Zoom and small screens: does the page still work at 200% zoom? (1.4.4, 1.4.10)
- Link and button names: does each one say what it does, including icon-only buttons? (2.4.4, 4.1.2)
- Documents: are menus, price lists and forms real text, not scanned images or image PDFs? (1.1.1)
- Overlay widgets: are you relying on an accessibility plugin or toolbar to be your fix?
For real examples of each, see our monthly WCAG Fails in the Wild and the ADA Lawsuit Digest.
Common questions
Does the ADA apply to my small business website?
The U.S. Department of Justice has said since its March 2022 guidance that the ADA applies to the websites of businesses open to the public. There is no size exemption for the website of a shop, restaurant, clinic or other public-facing business. This is general information, not legal advice; ask a lawyer about your own situation.
What standard does a website have to meet?
For private businesses, federal law does not name a technical standard. In practice, courts, settlements and the Department of Justice point to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, and it is the standard the DOJ's 2024 rule sets for state and local government websites. Our WCAG FAQ goes deeper.
Is this risk check a real accessibility audit?
No. It is a 10-question self-check covering the problems that are most common and easiest for a visitor or a plaintiff to spot. A full audit tests every page template against all WCAG 2.1 AA criteria with a keyboard, a screen reader and automated tools. A good score here does not mean your site conforms.
Can an accessibility widget or overlay make my site compliant?
No. An overlay runs on top of your pages without fixing the underlying code, and many screen reader users find they make sites harder to use. In January 2025 the FTC ordered overlay vendor accessiBe to pay $1 million over claims that its product could make any website WCAG compliant. Fixing the site itself is the dependable route.
How much does it cost to fix an inaccessible website?
It depends on how the site is built and how many page templates it has. A small brochure site with contrast, alt text and form-label problems is usually a few days of work. We give a fixed price after a free review of your homepage, and we build new WCAG-compliant sites from $599.
Do I have to give my email to see my score?
No. Your score and fix list appear on the page as soon as you finish the 10 questions, and your answers stay in your browser. They are only sent to us if you choose to request the free homepage review.