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Accessibility fails when teams focus solely on process or solely on the users. The sweet spot is somewhere in the middle.

Accessibility is about understanding people not the guidelines.

In Issue 42 of Access Denied, Gary thinks an AI-powered plugin will solve accessibility issues.

Here are some practical tips to take care of yourself to avoid burnout when working in accessibility.

Don't pretend you don't understand regulation to get out of doing the work for accessibility.

Good accessibility debt prioritisation lives or dies by how you communicate its results and next steps.

How to avoid common facilitation traps in effective remote accessibility workshops.

How can you tell apart the hard parts from the important parts in web accessibility and why it's important.

Startups that prioritise accessibility early gain competitive advantages in usability, legal compliance and talent attraction.

In Issue 41 of Access Denied, Gary thinks startups need to disrupt and not worry about accessibility.

If you want to implement accessibility, you need to find the balance between educating and enforcing rules.

Quit hiding behind silly excuses not to do accessibility properly in your product.

Good accessibility debt prioritisation lives or dies by how you create your decision making process.

How to avoid losing vital communication cues in remote workshops.

Recognise and avoid common accessibility traps that compromise your product releases.

Less isn't better. Better is better. And it's better when no one is excluded.

In Issue 40 of Access Denied, Gary thinks hope is the best plan for shipping accessible products.

Accessibility is about doing right, not being right. The way to do that is to ditch the ego and embrace empathy.

If you want to get better at accessibility, you can read a book, take a course or find meetups.

How to communicate accessibility objectives to stakeholders and link them to business outcomes.

How to tackle technology barriers, like bad internet, inaccessible tools and the steep learning curve, in a remote accessibility workshop.

I all you do is hope to make things more accessible, you're not following much of a plan.

Focusing on controllable inputs rather than outputs transforms accessibility from an overwhelming challenge to an actionable process.

In Issue 39 of Access Denied, Gary tries to pass responsibility for accessibility to one person.

Many job ads get accessibility wrong and stuff the responsibilities section with everything they can think of.

Accessibility is expensive only if you ignore it until the last minute or until you get sued.

Not all accessibility debt is created equal when it comes to the technical implementation.

Remote accessibility workshops offer inclusivity and global reach, but come with challenges.

If you don't have customers reporting accessibility issues, it might mean they're abandoning your product without telling you about it.

Don't ignore accessibility if your data is showing you don't have users with disabilities in your product.