ADA Information Portal
Welcome to our ADA Information Portal, your guide to understanding and implementing web accessibility. Our aim is simple: to provide clear, comprehensive resources that help make websites accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities.
Our Mission
Ensuring equal access to information and services online is not just a legal requirement—it’s a moral imperative. Our portal serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding and implementing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance in web design and development. Here, you’ll find everything from beginner-friendly guides to advanced tips, best practices, legal requirements, and tools to evaluate and enhance website accessibility
ADA Topics
An overview of essential software and resources designed to assess and improve the accessibility of websites.
Laws, regulations and standards
Outlines key rules and laws for making digital content, including websites, mobile applications, and electronic documents
Website Accessibility
The principles and practices necessary to design and develop websites that are usable for people of all abilities.
Federal Agencies and Resources
Offers a directory of government entities and their available materials dedicated to promoting and enforcing digital accessibility.
Website Accessibility
WCAG 2
WCAG 2.0 outlines detailed criteria for making web content accessible to people with various disabilities.
Creating Accessible Website
Guides you through the essentials of designing digital spaces that everyone can understand, and use, regardless of their abilities
Accessibility Audit Guide
Offers a step-by-step approach to evaluating and enhancing your website's compliance with accessibility standards.
Web Accessibility Auditing Tools
An overview of essential software and resources designed to assess and improve the accessibility of websites.
Contact Your Region
New England ADA Center
Address: Institute for Human Centered Design
180-200 Portland Street, Suite 1
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-695-1225 (V)*
Fax :617-482-8099
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.newenglandada.org
Northeast ADA Center
Address: K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan
Institute on Employment and Disability
Cornell University: ILR School
201 Dolgen Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-6686 (V/TTY)*
Fax: 607-255-2763
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.northeastada.org
Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
Address: TransCen, Inc.
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 350
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-217-0124 (V/TTY)
Fax: 301-251-3762
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.adainfo.org
Southeast ADA Center
Address: Southeast ADA Center
Burton Blatt Institute Lexington
1525 Bull Lea Road, Suite 160
Lexington, KY 40511
Phone: 404-541-9001
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://adasoutheast.org
Great Lakes ADA Center
Address: University of Illinois at Chicago
Institute on Disability & Human Development (MC 728)
1640 West Roosevelt Road, Room 405
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 312-413-1407 (V/TTY)
FAX: 312-413-1856
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.adagreatlakes.org
Southwest ADA Center
Address: TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center
1333 Moursund St.
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-797-7171 (V)*
Fax: 713-520-5785
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.southwestada.org
Great Lakes ADA Center
Address: University of Missouri
100 Corporate Lake Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: 573-882-3600 (V/TTY)
Fax: 573-884-4925
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.gpadacenter.org
Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Address: Gunter Hall 1170, Campus Box 155
Greeley, CO 80639
Phone: 719-444-0268 (V/TTY)
Videophone: 719-358-2460**
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.rockymountainada.org
Pacific ADA Center
Address: 555 12th Street, Suite 1030
Oakland, CA 94607-4046
Phone: 510-285-5600 (V/TTY)
Fax: 510-285-5614
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.adapacific.org
Northwest ADA Center
Address: Center for Continuing Education in Rehabilitation
University of Washington
6912 220th St. SW, Suite 105
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
Phone: 425-248-2480
Fax: 425-774-9303
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nwadacenter.org
