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Simple questions to help you decide what accessibility issues to fix and when.

Accessibility keeps ending up on your cut list.

We cut accessibility to meet deadlines we invented.

In Issue 93 of Access Denied, Gary thinks it's okay to add flour at the end when baking a cake.

Accessibility is a modifier that changes how every feature is designed, built and tested.

Accessibility automated tools help you catch issues early when they're easier to fix.

Accessibility acceptance criteria turn accessibility from a vague goal into a built-in requirement.

Accessibility annotations reduce translation errors between design and development.

Three things you can do to shift accessibility left.

A three-layer approach to making the accessibility case without falling back on tired business justifications.

In Issue 92 of Access Denied, Gary thinks you can buy accessibility pre-built like a Lego.

When we do it right, nobody notices accessibility.

Perfect is often the enemy of good.

What do you do when you have no mandate from the top and no momentum from the bottom?

With only top-down or only bottom-up, you’re failing. You need both mashed together.

How does the grassroots movement start for accessibility?

The top-down approach to accessibility relies on management deciding it's a priority.

In Issue 91, Gary wants accessibility done so that the VP stops pestering him.

Where does the motivation for accessibility come from?

How to find the person who can change things and what to show them.

Arguing for accessibility in sprint planning never works.

Game theory gives you a way to stop fighting for accessibility and start designing a situation where your whole team wants it.

You can't get everything done for accessibility right before shipping. You do what you can.

Prioritising accessibility is like comparing apples to oranges. And then to other things that aren't fruits.

In Issue 90 of Access Denied, Gary thinks it's too early to think about accessibility.

Is it ever too late to start thinking about accessibility?

How early should teams start worrying about accessibility in the software development lifecycle?

Accessibility has never been about disabilities.

I spent years walking into accessibility conversations with the wrong arguments.

If you think accessibility isn't relevant to your users, it's because you've never looked.