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ADA Title III compliance · 4,000+ US lawsuits/year

Find the accessibility issues
plaintiff attorneys look for.

4,000+ US businesses were sued in 2025 for accessibility violations. Average settlement: $15K–$75K. Free scan surfaces the WCAG 2.1 AA issues on your site — then AI suggests HTML, CSS, and ARIA code your developer can review and apply.

No overlay widgets — the biggest overlay vendor was fined $1M by the FTC in 2025 for representing that its widget made sites ADA-compliant. Informational only, not legal advice — no automated tool can guarantee ADA compliance.

Free scan shows top 3 issues. No credit card required.

Powered by axe-core — same engine as Google Lighthouse + Microsoft EdgeWCAG 2.1 AA · the standard DOJ + courts referenceZero overlay widgets — real code your team can ship
Recent ADA lawsuit activity

Who's getting sued right now.

Every industry with a public-facing website is targeted. These are public federal filing volumes + settlement ranges from ADA Title III case law — updated for 2025.

E-commerce & retail
Filings1,200+/yr
Settlement$15K–$50K
Product images, checkout forms, cart flows
Restaurants & hospitality
Filings800+/yr
Settlement$20K–$75K
Online ordering, menu PDFs, reservations
Healthcare & medical
Filings500+/yr
Settlement$25K–$100K
Patient portals, appointment booking, telehealth
Financial services
Filings400+/yr
Settlement$30K–$150K
Banking dashboards, loan apps, calculators
Real estate
Filings350+/yr
Settlement$15K–$60K
Listing search, MLS forms, contact pages
Auto dealerships
Filings300+/yr
Settlement$15K–$50K
Inventory search, financing apps, service booking
Fitness & wellness
Filings250+/yr
Settlement$15K–$40K
Class booking, membership signup, apps
SaaS & marketing sites
Filings200+/yr
Settlement$20K–$80K
Product marketing, docs, admin dashboards

Sources: PACER federal filings, publicly-reported settlements, and industry-specific ADA Title III case law through Q4 2025. Actual exposure varies by jurisdiction and business size.

Sample AI fix

This is what our AI generates.

Not a summary. Not an overlay widget. Real HTML, CSS, and ARIA code your team can paste into your template — every violation on your site gets one on any paid plan.

SeriousWCAG 1.4.3WCAG 1.4.11

Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds

Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds.

Occurrence 1 of 3 · header CTAbutton.btn-secondary
Why this fails

Element has insufficient color contrast of 1.6:1 (foreground #9ca3af, background #f3f4f6). Expected minimum 4.5:1.

Current element
<button class="btn-secondary">Learn more</button>

<style>
  .btn-secondary {
    background: #f3f4f6;
    color: #9ca3af;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    border-radius: 8px;
  }
</style>
Suggested fix— AI-generated, review before applying
<button class="btn-secondary">Learn more</button>

<style>
  .btn-secondary {
    background: #f3f4f6;
    color: #1f2937;  /* was #9ca3af */
    padding: 10px 20px;
    border-radius: 8px;
  }
</style>
Before
Learn more1.6:1
After
Learn more12.6:1
Sample fix. Your scan gets one of these for every occurrence on your site.Rule reference

Every WCAG violation your site has gets its own fix like this one — critical, serious, moderate, and minor.

Overlay widgets don't work

The FTC fined AccessiBe $1M for saying their widget made sites ADA-compliant.

It didn't. Federal courts have repeatedly rejected overlay widgets — accessiBe, UserWay, userway.js, acsb.js — as evidence of ADA compliance. Plaintiff attorneys scan for them as targeting signals.

Per the AudioEye 2026 Litigation Report: nearly 40% of businesses sued for accessibility in 2025 already had an overlay widget installed on their site.

What the DOJ and courts actually reference

  • Code-level remediation approaches
    Actual changes to a site's HTML, CSS, and ARIA — the kind of source-level output ADA CodeFix suggests for developer review.
  • WCAG 2.1 AA conformance
    The technical standard the DOJ's Title II rule references and that demand-letter attorneys cite. ADA CodeFix audits against this standard using axe-core.
  • Documented remediation history
    Dated scan reports showing when issues were surfaced and when fixes were shipped. Every ADA CodeFix scan is a timestamped record you can include in your remediation documentation.

ADA CodeFix does not represent that its scans, fix suggestions, or reports will make a site ADA-compliant or eliminate legal risk. Compliance is a legal determination for qualified counsel. See our full disclaimer.

Engine
axe-core 4.11
Same engine that powers Lighthouse and Pa11y
Standard
WCAG 2.1 A & AA
The conformance level courts and the DOJ reference
Rules tested
50+
Every reachable WCAG 2.1 AA success criterion
Lawsuits / year
4,000+
Federal ADA web filings, $15K–$75K typical settlement
What you get

Not a widget. A deliverable.

Every scan produces something an engineer can act on the same day: real rules, real selectors, real code.

Every WCAG 2.1 AA violation

We run the full axe-core 4.11 ruleset against every reachable element on the page. Each finding cites its W3C success criterion and lists every selector where it appears.

Code fixes, not summaries

Paid plans generate a before/after snippet for every violation your dev team can paste into the template — always reviewable, never auto-applied. Free scans show the failure explanation so you can validate the tool before paying.

Whole-site scanning

Submit one URL and we'll read your sitemap, scan every page, and roll the findings into one shareable report with per-page drill-downs. Up to 500 pages on Business.

The report

A deliverable your dev team will actually open.

Same WCAG rule triggering on twenty elements? It collapses into one finding with a count badge and an expandable list of every selector. Sortable by impact. Printable to PDF. Shareable as a link.

  • Severity-weighted compliance score with editorial-grade scoring methodology
  • Findings grouped by WCAG rule, sorted by score impact
  • Per-occurrence selector, current HTML, and the axe failure explanation (AI-generated code fix on paid plans)
  • Print / save PDF with auto-expanded findings
Read the scan methodology
Why this matters

Plaintiff firms run the same scan you can.

The most-cited tools in ADA web demand letters — axe-core, Lighthouse, Pa11y — are the same engines we use. What ADA CodeFix flags is what their experts will flag. Settle for $15K–$75K, or fix it before the letter arrives.

Informational only, not legal advice. Specific ADA Title II / Title III obligations vary by jurisdiction. Consult an attorney before relying on this for any compliance decision.

Workflow

Three steps, one shareable report.

  1. 01

    Submit your URL

    Single page from the homepage, or whole site from the dashboard. We resolve your sitemap and queue every reachable page.

  2. 02

    We audit

    A real Chromium browser opens each page, runs the full axe-core 4.11 ruleset, and captures every WCAG 2.1 A and AA failure with selector + HTML.

  3. 03

    Get the deliverable

    Grouped findings sorted by score impact, per-occurrence code fixes, shareable URL, printable PDF. Your engineers know exactly what to ship.

FAQ

Questions worth answering.

What is ADA website accessibility?

WCAG 2.1 AA is the technical standard most commonly referenced for ADA web accessibility. The DOJ's 2024 Title II rule adopts WCAG 2.1 AA for state and local government web and mobile content, with phased compliance dates based on entity size. Private businesses' obligations under Title III vary by jurisdiction and circuit, but courts and the DOJ routinely reference WCAG 2.1 AA. This is informational only, not legal advice.

What do ADA website lawsuits cost?

Public-record ADA web accessibility settlements commonly range from $15,000 to $75,000 or more, plus remediation costs and legal fees. More than 4,000 federal ADA web cases are filed each year, with additional state-court filings (notably under the California Unruh Civil Rights Act). Actual exposure varies significantly by jurisdiction, business size, and the specific accessibility issues identified.

Do overlay widgets satisfy ADA Title III?

Multiple federal courts have held that overlay or "accessibility widget" products do not, by themselves, satisfy ADA Title III. Meaningful accessibility generally requires changes to a site's underlying HTML, CSS, and ARIA — which is what ADA CodeFix surfaces as developer-reviewable code suggestions.

What WCAG standards does ADA CodeFix test against?

ADA CodeFix tests against WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA criteria, which is the standard referenced by ADA Title II regulations. It checks over 50 accessibility rules using the industry-standard axe-core testing engine.

How are AI code fixes generated?

When we detect an accessibility violation, we send the specific HTML element and WCAG rule to an AI model that generates a corrected code snippet. Fixes are suggestions — always review before applying. Unlike overlays, these are real changes to your source code.

What's included in the free scan?

The free scan runs a full WCAG 2.1 AA audit on your page and shows your top 3 rule violations — one representative occurrence per rule — with severity, the exact HTML element, the WCAG criterion, and a plain-English explanation of why each element fails (from axe-core's failureSummary). AI-generated code fix snippets unlock on the paid plans, along with every occurrence and whole-site scanning.

How is ADA CodeFix different from overlay widgets?

Overlay widgets add a JavaScript toolbar on top of your broken code. ADA CodeFix identifies the specific violations in your source code and generates real HTML, CSS, and ARIA fixes you apply directly. Courts have ruled overlays insufficient — only real code fixes provide genuine compliance.

Ready when you are

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Free scan, no signup required. See the top three findings with severity, WCAG citation, current HTML, and a plain- English failure explanation. Upgrade for AI-generated code fixes, every occurrence, and whole-site scanning.

Real WCAG 2.1 AAReal code fixesNo overlay widgets