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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.

What do to and what not to do in accessibility statements

Don't strip out every technical word in your accessibility statement.

You can't claim your site is fully accessible on the accessibility statement.

How do you explain the known accessibility issues in an accessibility statement?

What do you do when someone reaches out on the email from the accessibility statement?

In Issue 96 of Access Denied, Gary blames someone else for the non-existent email address on the accessibility statement.

How much and how often is your website changing should tell you how often to update the accessibility statement.

How do you write an accessibility statement so that people actually read it

Is an accessibility statement required by law?

What is an accessibility statement and who is it for?

Common questions about accessibility statements.

Most accessibility problems are invisible until you go looking.

in Issue 95 of Access Denied, Gary only thinks of the people who completed the checkout.

The absence of complaints isn't proof that everything's fine.

aria-label is not a one-size-fixes-all accessibility solution.

Your users don't owe you anything.

I'm not here to fix your ignorance about web accessibility.

I pitched accessibility like I was the expert saving the day and all it did was put people on the defensive.

The mental overhead of not fixing accessibility usually outweighs the fixes themselves.

In Issue 94 of Access Denied, Gary thinks accessibility will improve if you just monitor it.

You don't need to fix your entire accessibility backlog, you just need one win.

The accessibility metric you track is a statement about what you think accessibility is.

An accessibility score feels like progress. It isn't.