Prioritising accessibility debt
Yesterday
How can you prioritise accessibility debt to work first on what needs your immediate attention?
This is an archive of the email messages I sent to my daily mailing list since March 12th, 2024. Enjoy!
Yesterday
How can you prioritise accessibility debt to work first on what needs your immediate attention?
Sep 17th, 2025
Wrapping up the series on BS meetings.
Sep 16th, 2025
The user research you've been doing might have some pretty massive blind spots.
Sep 15th, 2025
Casual feedback from trade shows and networking events can mislead your accessibility product decisions.
Sep 14th, 2025
In Issue 63 of Access Denied, Gary thinks keyboard navigation isn't needed because his team use mice.
Sep 13th, 2025
I'm done explaining accessibility basics to teams who aren't ready to listen.
Sep 12th, 2025
Disregarding keyboard navigation because you haven't met people who rely on keyboards is just lazy.
Sep 11th, 2025
How to convince your team to invest their time in fixing accessibility debt in your product.
Sep 10th, 2025
If the end result of a meeting is another meeting, you should not have had the meeting.
Sep 9th, 2025
Some people cannot be helped when they're not open minded about accessibility and people with disabilities.
Sep 8th, 2025
Instead of changing what product owners want, help them get what they already want.
Sep 7th, 2025
In Issue 62 of Access Denied, Gary complains there are too many accessibility tickets to work on.
Sep 6th, 2025
Daily practice makes accessibility worth doing and the work easier.
A story about how bureaucratic nonsense can turn accessibility into a security threat.
Sep 4th, 2025
Overcome developer resistance to accessibility fixes with practical strategies that show accessibility is essential.
Four more signs of BS meetings and how to fix them.
Sep 2nd, 2025
Focus on small accessibility changes that moves the needle for one person.
Sep 1st, 2025
Focus on making your product more accessible every day instead of writing a grand plan that'll never happen.
Aug 31st, 2025
In Issue 61 of Access Denied, Gary thinks accessibility blocks progress.
Aug 30th, 2025
Daily practice transforms both writing and accessibility work into natural parts of who you are.
Aug 29th, 2025
Stop treating test suites like an oracle while real people can't work with your product.
Aug 28th, 2025
Automated accessibility tests find dozens of issues, but not all impact real users the same.
Aug 27th, 2025
Practical prep strategies and what to do when tech goes sideways during remote meetings.
Aug 26th, 2025
Questions regarding writing good accessibility tests.
Aug 25th, 2025
Passing accessibility tests don't always mean your site is actually accessible.
Aug 24th, 2025
In Issue 60 of Access Denied, Gary wants to ship with known accessibility issues because the tests are green.
Aug 23rd, 2025
Accessibility isn't about others, it's about the future you who will need the world you're creating today.
Aug 22nd, 2025
The WCAG is as fundamental to development as performance and speed.
Aug 21st, 2025
Prioritse ruthlessly the issues in your accessibility audit to get around budget constraints.
Aug 20th, 2025
Meetings where there is no input required from participants can just be emails.
I send out short emails like these every day to help you gain a fresh perspective on accessibility and understand it without the jargon, so you can build more robust products that everyone can use, including people with disabilities.