Authentic conversations so far...

In Issue 101 of Access Denied, Gary talks about inclusion, but cares very little for people.

Your employer might not deserve your best work on accessibility, but the people trying to use what you build do.

Here's a dead simple method for prioritising accessibility issues with no spreadsheet and no guesswork.

Always have one accessibility thing in motion.

Stop trying to fix all of it at once.

Accessibility is a battle against our own short-sightedness.

Speed gets noticed. Accessibility doesn't.

In Issue 100 of Access Denied, Gary thinks the easy issues are more important for the wrong reasons.

Fixing accessibility issues because they're easy isn't always progress.

Accessibility metrics that are quick to check and genuinely high impact.

Measuring web accessibility is easy. Measuring it right isn't.

Bad ARIA doesn't make your site more accessible. It makes it more confusing.

Real accessibility work lives in the awkward conversations, the pushback and the decisions that create friction.

The goal isn't to have all the answers but to stay open enough to change.

In Issue 99 of Access Denied, Gary thinks a gut feeling is enough to test for accessibility.

Saying "I don't know" feels like failure, but in accessibility it might be the most honest thing you can say.

Most teams don't lack the time for accessibility, but rather a decision that makes it non-negotiable.

Nobody wants to be the person who blocks a Friday ship. That's who I am sometimes.

The worst part in working in web accessibility is being the last person in the room.

The best part in working in web accessibility is when nobody needs me.

Shipping small, consistent improvements beats waiting until you get it perfect.

In Issue 98 of Access Denied, Gary wants to prioritise a task force over fixing accessibility issues.

Most web accessibility problems are fixed at the wrong time, which is why they cost more.

There's a big difference between "not yet" and "never." And then there's the team that never had the accessibility conversation at all.

Accessibility fixes sit in a backlog because nobody's attached a number to them that anyone recognises.

Accessibility audits measure compliance, not experience.

Fixing accessibility issues one by one is slow, expensive and never quite done.

Accessibility keeps getting the leftover hours.

In Issue 97 of Access Denied, Gary changes the accessibility project name because it tests better.

Accessibility fails because nobody with budget approval wants it badly enough.