A common accessibility New Year’s Resolution is updating ACR/VPAT documentation. ACR stands for Accessibility Conformance Report and VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template. Having the same defects show up in consecutive ACR/VPATs is a sign that the accessibility team really doesn’t have a lot of influence in getting accessibility tickets raised in the backlog to be addressed.
There is great joy in being able to remove a defect from an ACR/VPAT because it has been fixed. The feeling when you dismantle a disability barrier is why many people work in the accessibility space.
Description: Anime meme. Slighly Asian-appearing smiling and slightly suprirsed looking young man outdoors holding a book. A butterfly is floating above the book. The meme say “That feeling when you get to remove a defect from an ACR/VPAT” The word “Defect” appears below the butterfly