We test your site the way
lawsuit firms do.

And fix what they'd find - before they find it. No overlays, no scanners, no compliance theater. Real accessibility testing for small businesses.

Free report. No credit card. No sales calls.

The $1 million lesson

Overlays don't work. The FTC agrees.

In 2025, the FTC fined accessiBe $1 million for claiming their widget made websites accessible within 48 hours. It didn't. Their overlays caught only 25-40% of actual violations.

Overlays load after your page renders

Screen readers parse HTML before JavaScript runs. The overlay's modifications never reach assistive technology. It's like putting a bandaid on a cast.

800+ businesses were sued while running overlays

In 2023-2024 alone. Overlays comprised about 25% of all ADA web lawsuits filed. Having one makes you a bigger target, not a smaller one.

They can make accessibility worse

Overlay widgets sometimes interfere with the assistive technologies they claim to support. You're paying to create new problems.

The numbers

ADA web lawsuits are an industry.

31 individual plaintiffs filed over half of all cases. The top filer sued 312 businesses since 2022. This isn't advocacy - it's a business model.

2,014

lawsuits filed in the first half of 2025 alone - a 37% increase year over year

$5K-$20K

typical settlement range for small businesses - before attorney fees and remediation costs

41-46%

of defendants get sued again - fixing the complaint isn't enough when new violations appear

73%

of lawsuits target businesses under $25M revenue - small businesses are the easiest marks

The serial filer playbook: send 100 demand letters, 60 settle at ~$7,500 each. That's $450,000 - from one batch. They don't care about accessibility. They care about volume.

Our approach

We don't run a scanner and hand you a PDF.

We use the same methodology plaintiff attorneys use to build their cases - except we do it first.

1

Inspect the accessibility tree

Not just the DOM - the actual tree that screen readers navigate. Missing labels, empty buttons, unnamed links. The things that generate complaints.

2

Walk the site with keyboard-only navigation

Tab through every interactive element. Open dropdowns, close modals, submit forms - without a mouse. 61% of complaints cite keyboard navigation failures.

3

Test interactive components against ARIA patterns

Accordions, carousels, menus, dialogs - each has a specific ARIA pattern that screen readers expect. We verify the behavior, not just the markup.

4

Show you exactly where issues are

Every finding highlights the exact element on your actual site. No vague PDF recommendations - hover over an issue, see it on your page.

The real goal

Accessibility that serves real people.

We're not selling checkbox compliance. We're making sure a blind person can actually use your website. That's good for them, good for your business, and it happens to make you a much harder target for serial filers.

Screen readers can navigate every page - headings, landmarks, links all properly structured

Every form field is labeled - no guessing what a text box is for

Videos have captions - 89% of complaints cite missing alt text and captions

Keyboard users don't get trapped - every modal, dropdown, and menu can be exited

8.1 million Americans are visually impaired. Accessible websites serve all your customers, not just most of them. And when you're genuinely accessible, a lawsuit has nowhere to land.

See what a lawsuit firm would find on your site.

We'll run the same tests plaintiff attorneys use and send you a report with every issue - for free. No sales pitch, no strings. Just the truth about your site.

To protect site owners, we only send reports to email addresses at the same domain as the website.

Covered Bridge is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. For legal questions, consult a qualified attorney. Our scans identify accessibility issues based on WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines - resolving these issues improves accessibility but does not guarantee legal compliance or immunity from lawsuits. Reports are based on testing at a point in time and may not reflect changes made after the scan. Tax credit eligibility (Section 44) depends on your specific business situation - consult a tax professional to determine if you qualify.