how to choose an accessibility ready wordpress theme (and why)

If you have requirement to build WordPress website to be ADA or WCAG compliant you going to want to start with theme.   At the time of writing there are 100 Accessibility Ready themes listed on WordPress.org..   BasicStore, Storefront and Boutique themes for WooCommerce stores., Business-A and Business Responsiveness business focused themes..   Carolines's Accessibility Ready themes include Deejay and Musik for music-oriented sites, Billie theme for bloggers and Aaron..   Tiny Framework theme can be found through Google Search, and not WordPress org search Carolina has offered her help to theme authors to keep their themes updated.   Genesis Framework and the theme were audited for accessibility by Rian Rietveld few years ago, so I trust their conformance..   According to WebMan Oliver, he has applied the accessibility guidelines to his premium themes and the free themes, and they pass WCAG 2.0 AA and Section 508 guidelines..   They do not use Accessibility Ready instead you should filter PixelEmu theme page with WCAG ADA 508 to find themes optimised for accessibility...   The description page does not elaborate on its readiness, except quick check of the demo has Skip to content link and keyboard accessible navigation..   The Theme Review team announced July 2019 that some of the requirements for accessibility ready themes will be applied to all themes submitted to Theme Directory..   Read more