Accessibility is everyone's responsibility
This sounds right because it is, mostly.
Product shapes the work. Design defines it. Engineering builds it. QA checks it. Everyone does their job and everyone is responsible for everything being accessible.
But shared responsibility can hide a mess. If everyone is involved, but nobody owns the decision, you have a problem. That's how an inaccessible feature can make it nearly to release, even if nobody ignores accessibility.
This gap interests me.
People usually frame accessibility issues as lack of knowledge or being careless. But sometimes the thing that's missing is much less dramatic. Nobody knew who had permission, or duty, to decide what should happen.
Giving all accessibility responsibility to one specialist doesn't solve it either. Decisions will queue up, while everyone else waits and knowledge stays with one person.
Shared responsibility matters. Clear ownership of decisions matters just as much.
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