Everything You Need to Know About the Lei Brasileira de Inclusão (LBI)

The LBI is Law No. 13.146 of 6 July 2015, also known as the Estatuto da Pessoa com Deficiência. It has applied since 2 January 2016 and gives concrete rights to people with disabilities in Brazil across work, health, education, transport and accessibility, based on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Yes. Article 63 makes accessibility mandatory on internet sites maintained by companies with headquarters or a commercial representation in Brazil and by government bodies, so that people with disabilities can reach the information available, in line with the best practices and accessibility guidelines adopted internationally. Article 63 §1 also requires sites to display an accessibility symbol prominently.

Article 63 points to internationally adopted accessibility practice rather than naming one document, so WCAG Level AA is the reference point used in practice. Since March 2025 Brazil also has its own technical standard: ABNT NBR 17225:2025 sets requirements for accessible web content and applications and maps onto WCAG 2.2 at levels A, AA and AAA. Public-sector sites additionally follow the e-MAG model maintained by the federal government.

Any company that maintains a website and has its headquarters or a commercial representation in Brazil, including foreign companies operating there, plus government bodies at federal, state and municipal level. What matters is who serves the Brazilian public, not where the site is hosted.

The duty itself has applied since 2 January 2016, and there is no separate grace date for websites. What is still missing is a regulation that fixes binding technical parameters and consequences — in 2026 the Ministério Público Federal filed a civil action asking the federal government to regulate Article 63 and present a transition plan for its own sites. Treat that gap as legal risk rather than as a reprieve.

Discrimination on grounds of disability is a criminal offence under Article 88, punishable by one to three years’ imprisonment and a fine, rising to two to five years when it happens through the media or any publication — in those cases a judge can also order the offending pages removed. On top of that, public civil actions, consumer claims and court orders can force remediation on a schedule set by a judge.

Start with an audit of the site against WCAG 2.2 AA and ABNT NBR 17225, fix what is broken in the code, add the accessibility symbol Article 63 §1 requires, publish an accessibility statement with a contact route that actually works, and keep checking after every release, because new content and new features reintroduce barriers.

allyWay adds accessibility features such as text resizing, contrast adjustment, text-to-speech, larger cursors, visible focus indicators and reduced motion, scans the site continuously and flags issues with remediation guidance, with human accessibility experts for findings that need judgement. It reduces workload and risk, but it is not a legal certificate: only an audit against WCAG 2.2 AA and NBR 17225 shows where a site actually stands.