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Is my website ADA compliant?

Last reviewed
2026-09-16

Nobody can hand you a certificate. The ADA sets no technical standard for websites and the Department of Justice does not approve products or sites as compliant. What you can have is an assessment against WCAG 2.2 AA, a record of what was found and fixed, and continuous testing so the answer stays current.

The longer version

The practical question is whether people using assistive technology can do what your site is for. WCAG is the standard used to assess that, and the Department of Justice guidance describes it as the widely used technical standard, without adopting it as a regulation for private businesses.

Because no regulator certifies sites, any vendor offering to make you compliant by installing something is describing an outcome they cannot deliver. What is deliverable is testing, remediation, and a record.

Accessibility is also not a state you reach once. Every page published afterwards can introduce a barrier, which is why a single audit ages badly and continuous testing does not.

What to do

  1. Get an assessment against WCAG 2.2 AA covering every page type, including the ones behind a form.
  2. Fix what it finds, starting with anything that blocks a task outright: forms, navigation and checkout.
  3. Publish an accessibility statement naming the standard, how conformance was established, and what is known to fall short.
  4. Put testing on every change so the answer stays true next month.

The obligation behind this

Sources

  1. Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADAUS Department of Justice

WebSpark describes obligations and evidences what a site does. It does not provide legal advice, and this page is not a substitute for a lawyer who knows your business.