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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content must be Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust (POUR).

Each of these principles are designed to support equal access for people with visual impairments, hearing impairments, cognitive impairments, motor impairments, and more.

WCAG 2 builds on top of the acceptance criteria laid out in WCAG. The current version of WCAG (2.2) includes 86 total acceptance criteria. Many accessibility laws — including the ADA, AODA, and Section 508 of the Rehab Act — reference the latest version of WCAG as a standard for accessibility compliance.

No automated accessibility solution can find or fix every accessibility issue. However, they can test many of the WCAG criteria, the international accessibility standard used by many accessibility laws such as the ADA, AODA, Section 508 of the Rehab Act, and more.

Accessibility laws — such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, or the Unruh Civil Rights Act (CA) — do not explicitly require businesses to conduct accessibility audits.

However, web accessibility consultants can identify and help remediate many of the accessibility issues that can negatively affect the user experience for people with disabilities — and lead to costly legal claims.

Web accessibility toolbars are not designed to identify or remediate accessibility issues like missing image alt text or link descriptions. However, ongoing automated accessibility testing and expert audits from certified accessibility experts can address many of these issues — helping organizations be more accessible and compliant.