Kaden Ewald
Founder & Lead Accessibility Engineer, Grow Wild Agency
Author of 31 guides and articles on whatisADA.com
About
Kaden Ewald founded and leads Grow Wild Agency, a federally-certified ADA-compliant web design studio. The team builds and remediates websites to WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance and has shipped against ADA Title II, ADA Title III, Section 504, and European Accessibility Act requirements.
He writes whatisADA.com as a free, vendor-neutral reference — every statistic on the site is published with a named, dated, linkable source, and the statistics tracker exists so any figure can be checked against its origin. The site takes an explicit position against accessibility overlay widgets, which do not remediate underlying code and which the FTC has penalized vendors for marketing as compliance.
Areas of expertise
- ADA Title II web accessibility
- ADA Title III website accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance
- Section 508
- Section 504
- European Accessibility Act
- Accessibility remediation
Credentials
- 8 DHS Section 508 certifications (team)
- 10 GSA accessibility certifications (team)
- IAAP membership — pursuing CPACC → WAS → CPWA
Guides (18)
- The ADA Web Audit Process: What a Good Audit Looks Like (2026)updated 2026-05-11
- How Much Does ADA Website Compliance Cost?updated 2026-03-15
- ADA Employment Requirements: What Employers Need to Knowupdated 2026-03-15
- ADA Title II Compliance: A Practical Guide for Government Agenciesupdated 2026-08-07
- ADA vs. WCAG vs. Section 508: What's the Difference?updated 2026-03-15
- ADA Website Lawsuits: Everything You Need to Know (2026)updated 2026-08-06
- Alt Text: The Complete Guideupdated 2026-03-15
- Does My Website Need to Be ADA Compliant? (2026)updated 2026-05-11
- How to Check If Your Website Is ADA Compliant (Self-Service Guide)updated 2026-08-07
- How to Make a Website ADA Compliant: The 7-Step Process (2026)updated 2026-05-11
- Keyboard Accessibility: Building a Mouse-Free Webupdated 2026-03-15
- Does the ADA Apply to Mobile Apps? Compliance Guideupdated 2026-08-07
- Why Accessibility Overlay Widgets Don't Work — and Why the FTC Fined accessiBe $1Mupdated 2026-03-20
- PDF Accessibility: How to Make PDFs ADA/WCAG Compliantupdated 2026-08-07
- What Is a VPAT? Accessibility Conformance Reports Explainedupdated 2026-08-07
- The Complete WCAG 2.2 Checklistupdated 2026-03-15
- What Is ADA Compliance? The Complete Guideupdated 2026-08-09
- What Is WCAG? Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Explainedupdated 2026-03-15
Articles (13)
- ADA Website Lawsuits in 2026: The Mid-Year Trends Every Business Should Watch2026-06-01
- The European Accessibility Act Is Live: What U.S. Businesses Selling to Europe Must Do in 20262026-05-30
- You Got an ADA Demand Letter. Here's Exactly What to Do Next2026-05-29
- The 2026 WebAIM Million: Web Accessibility Just Got Worse for the First Time in Years2026-05-28
- "We're Too Small to Get Sued": 6 ADA Compliance Myths That Cost Small Businesses Thousands2026-05-27
- The Section 504 Web Deadline Just Passed: What Healthcare Providers Who Aren't Ready Should Do2026-05-26
- Why E-commerce Sites Are the #1 ADA Lawsuit Target — and How to Get Off the List2026-05-24
- The Overlay Reckoning: One Year After the FTC's $1M accessiBe Fine2026-05-22
- How to Run a DIY ADA Website Audit This Afternoon (Free Tools + When to Call a Pro)2026-05-21
- Accessible Forms: The Highest-ROI Fix for ADA Compliance and Conversion Rates2026-05-19
- The ROI of Web Accessibility: Why Compliance Pays for Itself2026-03-05
- UPDATED: The April 2026 Title II Deadline Was Extended — New Dates Are April 2027 and 20282026-02-20
- ADA Website Lawsuits in 2025: Year in Review2026-01-15
Work with Kaden
Grow Wild Agency runs a free preliminary WCAG 2.1 AA scan and delivers a fixed-scope remediation quote — no overlay widgets, no card required.