Sandiego Art of Dentistry Accessibility Audit
Web Accessibility Remediation for VJB Cellars website to make it conforms with the WCAG technical standards and comply with the ADA.
This Sandiego Art of Dentistry accessibility audit and WCAG 2.1 AA remediation covered the website of a United States cosmetic and general dental practice in San Diego.
A dental-practice site helps patients understand treatments, meet the team, and book or request an appointment — through service pages and forms. For a patient using a screen reader or a keyboard, the accessibility of that content and those forms decides whether they can arrange care.
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Why accessibility matters for a healthcare provider
A healthcare provider’s website in the United States is a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III, and WCAG 2.1 Level AA is the standard courts and regulators apply. For Sandiego Art of Dentistry the stakes are personal: an appointment request a screen-reader user cannot complete, or service and safety information a keyboard user cannot reach, turns away a patient at the moment they are seeking care.
Scope and standard
Our Sandiego Art of Dentistry accessibility audit assessed the site against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, mapped to ADA Title III, across the journeys that matter: treatment and service pages, the team and about content, appointment request and new-patient forms, contact and locations, and navigation.
How we ran the Sandiego Art of Dentistry accessibility audit
- Screen-reader testing with JAWS and NVDA on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS and iOS, and TalkBack on Android
- Automated audits with Deque axe, Google Lighthouse and WAVE
- Keyboard-only operation of every step, with attention to focus order and a clearly visible focus indicator
- Colour-contrast analysis, plus 400% zoom and reflow testing for low-vision users
What accessibility means on each part of the site
Because Sandiego Art of Dentistry is a patient-facing healthcare site, our Sandiego Art of Dentistry accessibility audit focused on the parts a patient relies on:
- Treatment and service pages need a clear heading structure and readable text, so a patient can understand their options.
- Appointment request and new-patient forms need programmatic labels, clear instructions and announced errors, so booking never depends on sight or a mouse.
- Team, about and contact content needs alternative text for images and a logical reading order.
- Any downloadable patient forms must be tagged and readable.
- Navigation and content need visible focus, sufficient contrast and clean reflow at high zoom.
Outcome
This Sandiego Art of Dentistry accessibility audit, combining manual and automated testing with remediation, brought the site into line with WCAG 2.1 AA and ADA Title III expectations, so people using a screen reader or a keyboard can use it without barriers. Every fix was verified with assistive technology rather than assumed from an automated pass.