A recent series of lawsuits in the St. Louis area has put a spotlight on website accessibility. Dozens of local businesses—many of them restaurants—have been targeted by law firms claiming their websites fail to meet ADA accessibility standards.
These claims often lead to costly settlements or legal battles that can be devastating for small and medium-sized businesses.
The challenge for business owners is that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not clearly spell out what makes a website compliant. Unlike physical accessibility requirements such as ramps and handrails, web accessibility often relies on voluntary guidelines such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Unfortunately, this uncertainty creates an opening for opportunistic lawsuits.
ADA Compliance: Understanding Your Visitors, Protecting Your Business
We’ve all felt the frustration of wanting to do business with a company—only to hit a roadblock. Maybe the store was closed early, or a phone line was down. For someone with a disability, that’s exactly how it feels when they can’t access your website. They’re ready to engage, ready to buy, ready to connect—but the digital door is shut. An ADA-compliant website makes sure that never happens to your customers.
For a visitor with a disability, an inaccessible website can feel like walking into your business and finding the door locked. A blind customer might be using a screen reader that can’t read your menu because it wasn’t coded properly. A person with limited mobility might only be able to use a keyboard, but your checkout button can only be clicked with a mouse. A deaf visitor might watch your promotional video but miss your message entirely because it has no captions.
We know that as a business owner, you’re focused on serving your customers, managing your team, and keeping your operations running smoothly. You don’t have time to sift through complex government guidelines and decipher whether your website meets accessibility standards. And we understand—it’s not that you don’t care about your customers with disabilities, it’s that you may not know where to begin or how the technical side of ADA compliance works.
That’s where we come in. At Mid America Web, we partner with business owners like you to handle the technical details. We’ll audit your site, identify compliance issues, and implement the updates needed to ensure your website works for all visitors—without you having to become an expert in accessibility standards.
Our goal is simple: to give you peace of mind, knowing your site is both inclusive and protected, so you can focus on running your business.
Mid America Web Provides ADA Compliant Web Design
We have worked with a growing number of clients who contacted us after receiving letters from attorneys threatening legal action over website accessibility issues. In each case, we:
To date, none of the clients who have gone through this process with us have had any further contact from the law firms that originally threatened them.
Our ADA compliance website services typically range from $1,500 to $3,000 per website—a fraction of the cost of most legal settlements and judgments.
Beyond Avoiding Lawsuits: Doing the Right Thing
Many companies are searching for reputable ADA compliant website design services in order to make their websites inclusive for all users, including those with visual, auditory, or mobility impairments—but they often don’t know where to begin.
Ensuring your website is accessible is not only a smart legal move, it’s also the right thing to do for your customers and community.
Serving the St. Louis Metro Area
We offer ADA website compliance updates to businesses throughout the St. Louis Metro area—on both sides of the river. Whether you’re an existing Mid America Web client or a business owner looking for help for the first time, we’re here to guide you through the process.
We also offer free consultations where you can speak directly with one of our web developers, ask questions about accessibility requirements, and learn how to make your website more inclusive and compliant.
Call Mid America Web – the St. Louis-area’s trusted ADA Website Compliance company – today at 877-355-5020 to schedule your consultation and protect your business.
