Austin Usability can assist you in designing, testing, and evaluating your website or software application in order to ensure accessibility compliance. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that, effective June 2001, any Federal agency or vendor that provides software to a Federal agency must ensure that those with disabilities have “comparable access to” information and data. To further stress the importance of accessibility, consider the following:

• The number of people impacted by inaccessible computer and software design is difficult to calculate precisely, but is estimated to be over 30 million in the United States alone.
  
  
• When done right, the benefits of adding accessibility to the development lifecycle will outweigh the costs.
  
  
• Automated tools are not enough to ensure an accessible website or software application. They often miss important accessibility data that can only be found by manual testing in a usability lab.