Social Media ADA Compliance
We are prohibited by law from discriminating against individuals with disabilities by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
5 Tips to be ADA Compliant on Social Media
- When posting on Facebook,
- When posting on Twitter, make sure that you
- Instagram does not have a way to add alt text or captions like Facebook and Twitter so you will want to
- How to write an alt text caption/comment: The caption/comment should effectively describe
the photo. For example, if the post was a photo of a nursing student working with
a patient, here are examples of good and bad alt texts:
- Good: A undergraduate nursing student working with a patient in the nursing laboratory.
- Bad: Picture of a nursing student.
- Videos should be closed-captioned. , but you will want to check over the captions for accuracy.
For Facebook, Instagram and Twitter you can . You can also .
The good news is that videos with captions tend to perform better on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, because, for example, if someone is at a doctor's office browsing social media, they will likely not want to turn on the video's sound.