Accessibility compliance guides
Accessibility laws differ by country. These guides explain what each law or standard on our homepage requires, who it covers, the timeline, and how we audit and remediate. We write as a team. We do not publish prices here — scope comes from your site.
United States
- ADA Title II & III — WCAG 2.1 AA for U.S. state and local government, and the lawsuit standard for businesses.
- Section 508 — Revised 508 Standards and VPAT / ACR documentation for U.S. federal ICT.
Canada
- AODA (Ontario) — WCAG 2.0 AA since 2021 for Ontario public sector and organizations with 50+ employees.
- Accessible Canada Act — Federal plans, feedback, and CAN/ASC - EN 301 549 for banks, telecom, transport, and government.
- Accessible BC Act — Committees, plans, and feedback for 750+ B.C. public sector organizations, with web standards on the way.
- Accessibility for Manitobans Act — WCAG 2.1 AA for every Manitoba organization with at least one employee.
- Nova Scotia Accessibility Act — An accessible Nova Scotia by 2030, with public sector plans and penalties waiting on standards.
Europe & UK
- European Accessibility Act — Private-sector accessibility across the EU since June 28, 2025, measured with EN 301 549.
- EN 301 549 — The European ICT standard that laws in the EU, Canada, and Australia point to.
- UK Equality Act & PSBAR — Anticipatory reasonable adjustments for every service provider, and WCAG 2.2 AA for the public sector.
Australia
- Disability Discrimination Act — The DDA has applied to websites since 2000. It covers organizations that serve people in Australia.
- AHRC Digital Access Guidelines — Commission guidance on how the Disability Discrimination Act applies to the web.
India
- RPwD Act 2016 — India’s disability rights statute, plus a Supreme Court ruling that digital access is part of the right to life.
- SEBI accessibility mandate — Investor-facing platforms of SEBI-regulated entities, with audits and remediation by October 31, 2026.
- IS 17802 / GIGW — India’s ICT accessibility standard and the guidelines government websites must follow.
More Global Markets
- Israel — IS 5568 — WCAG 2.0 AA, with Israeli requirements, for organizations that provide a service to the public.
- Japan — JIS X 8341-3 — Japan’s web standard, plus a mandatory reasonable-accommodation duty for businesses since April 2024.
- Brazil — LBI (Law 13.146) — Law 13.146/2015 requires accessible websites for companies in Brazil and for government.
- New Zealand, Norway & beyond — WCAG 2.2 AA for named New Zealand agencies, universal design of ICT in Norway, and the same bar elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Are these pages legal advice?
No. They explain what each law or standard requires so you can plan an audit. They are not a legal opinion. Conformance work does not by itself decide a complaint, a lawsuit, or a regulator’s review. Involve your counsel for that.
Which WCAG version should we build to if we operate in more than one country?
WCAG 2.2 Level AA. It includes the 2.0 and 2.1 criteria that older laws still cite, and it matches the stricter monitoring we see in the UK public sector and New Zealand government. We map one audit to each law that applies to you.
Do you only write a report?
We audit and we remediate. The same developers who find the barriers fix them in your codebase, then we retest. A PDF with no code change does not make a checkout accessible.
Why is there no price on these pages?
Scope depends on the number of templates, flows, documents, and apps. Tell us the URL and which law you are answering to, and we will reply with a scoped proposal after a look at the site. Start at the contact form or email hello@peradeo.com.
This is general information, not legal advice.