Authentic conversations so far...

Focus on small accessibility changes that moves the needle for one person.

Focus on making your product more accessible every day instead of writing a grand plan that'll never happen.

In Issue 61 of Access Denied, Gary thinks accessibility blocks progress.

Daily practice transforms both writing and accessibility work into natural parts of who you are.

Stop treating test suites like an oracle while real people can't work with your product.

Automated accessibility tests find dozens of issues, but not all impact real users the same.

Practical prep strategies and what to do when tech goes sideways during remote meetings.

Questions regarding writing good accessibility tests.

Passing accessibility tests don't always mean your site is actually accessible.

In Issue 60 of Access Denied, Gary wants to ship with known accessibility issues because the tests are green.

Accessibility isn't about others, it's about the future you who will need the world you're creating today.

The WCAG is as fundamental to development as performance and speed.

Prioritse ruthlessly the issues in your accessibility audit to get around budget constraints.

Meetings where there is no input required from participants can just be emails.

Keep working on accessibility, give your efforts enough time and you're guaranteed to see results. Time plus consistency equals results.

Small decisions compound and that's how you build in accessibility.

In Issue 59 of Access Denied, Gary doesn't want to test a vendor's accessibility claim.

Voice control on websites helps a surprisingly wide range of people.

User personas need to include people with various disabilities.

Check all accessibility claims of external vendors and add remediation processes in your contracts.

Meetings with no action items tied to dates and persons responsible are a waste of time.

Smart people disagree on accessibility solutions even when they want the same outcomes.

Stop preaching moral obligations and show people why they should start caring about accessibility.

In Issue 58 of Access Denied, Gary wants to use an overlay because no one has sued them yet.

Sometimes doing right and being right aren't the same thing. Prioritise doing over being right if you want to change things.

Accessibility isn't for edge cases. 1 in 5 people worldwide have a disability.

Use a 2-step process to balance fixing existing accessibility debt with preventing new debt from piling up.

"Just one more thing" at the end of an already long meeting is the clear sign of a BS meeting.

You need a villain's master plan, not a superhero's reactive fixes, to building inclusive products.

If your product isn't perfectly accessible, start with one of these fixes today.