Category: Accessibility (page 2)

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When Accessibility Progress Plateaus: How to Regain Momentum

Most of the time, accessibility programs usually don’t fail suddenly; they quietly stall. Fewer people are trained, bug fixing slows down, and the accessibility dashboard (which executives no longer watch) plateaus. In extreme cases, accessibility can revert from a program…
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Accessibility Contractors Have Their Place-But It’s Not Everywhere

The all-contractor “accessibility team” has become an increasingly common pattern in organizations trying to build some semblance of an accessibility program while avoiding headcount limits and long-term commitment in expensive locations. While it appears to be an attractive shortcut, unless…
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Five accessibility trends to watch in 2026

Accessibility methodology continues to mature. In many organizations, it is moving beyond ad hoc remediation toward more structured, repeatable practices. Even as enforcement signals vary by region, organizations that operate across jurisdictions or sell into markets with stronger accessibility expectations…
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Everyone Loses When Paying Fines Becomes a Business Strategy

Compliance failures are triggering urgency or internal organizational reckoning less frequently. Instead, they prompt budgeting discussions, legal modeling, and risk acceptance exercises. Fines, legal fees, and settlement agreement costs are appearing in budgets. Legal teams estimate exposure ranges. Finance teams…
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AI will Eliminate the Need for Accessibility Professionals? I think not

Every day, there are more articles about AI replacing people in tech. Accessibility testers, who are very often viewed as “unnecessary overhead,” are not escaping this treatment. It was this “we can replace accessibility testers with software” strategy that made…
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Accessibility Triumph Thursday: BrokenLifts.org

This week, I want to highlight the BrokenLifts.org website. BrokenLifts is a grassroots initiative providing real-time information about out-of-service elevators in Berlin’s public transportation system. For wheelchair users and others who depend on elevators, this resource saves people from wasted…
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