- Accessibility auditing
- WCAG compliance
- Inclusive design
- Assistive technology testing
- Remediation & implementation
- Ongoing monitoring
- Accessibility auditing
We conduct thorough audits of your existing website or application, testing against WCAG success criteria using a combination of automated tools and manual testing. Automated tools catch the obvious issues – missing alt text, poor contrast ratios, empty form labels – but they only find some of accessibility problems. The rest require a human working through your product the way a disabled user would.
Our audits cover your key user journeys in full, not just the homepage. An accessible homepage means nothing if the checkout process or account registration is unusable for someone relying on a keyboard or screen reader.
- WCAG compliance
WCAG 2.2 is the current standard, built around four principles: content must be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. We work to Level AA as a baseline, which is the standard referenced by most legal frameworks and the level that covers the majority of real-world accessibility needs.
We can explain what each requirement means in practical terms for your product, which ones are most relevant to your specific case, and where you currently stand. If full compliance isn't achievable immediately, we'll help you prioritise the issues that have the biggest impact on real users.
- Inclusive design
Accessibility isn't just about compliance – it's about designing products that work for the widest possible range of people from the start. Inclusive design considers permanent, temporary, and situational disabilities. Someone with one arm, someone with a broken wrist, and someone holding a child all benefit from the same design decisions.
We build accessibility into the design process rather than testing for it afterwards. This means considering keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, colour contrast, text sizing, motion sensitivity, and cognitive load as part of every design decision, not as a separate review at the end.
- Assistive technology testing
Real accessibility testing means using the same tools your users rely on. We test with screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, voice control, and screen magnification to make sure your product works properly with the assistive technologies people actually use.
This goes beyond what automated testing can tell you. A page might technically pass every automated check and still be unusable with a screen reader because the reading order doesn't make sense, or interactive elements aren't announced clearly, or focus management breaks in the middle of a workflow.
- Remediation & implementation
If your audit reveals problems – and it almost certainly will – we fix them. We prioritise issues based on their impact on real users, starting with the barriers that completely prevent access and working through to the refinements that improve the overall experience.
For new builds, we implement accessibility from the foundation. Semantic HTML, ARIA attributes used correctly, keyboard interaction patterns, focus management, and responsive design that maintains accessibility across screen sizes. Getting these fundamentals right during development costs a fraction of what it costs to retrofit them later.
- Ongoing monitoring
Accessibility isn't a one-time fix. New content, new features, and design updates can all introduce new issues. We help you set up processes and tooling to catch accessibility regressions before they reach your users.
This might mean integrating automated accessibility checks into your development pipeline, running periodic manual audits, or training your team to spot common issues. The goal is a product that stays accessible as it evolves, not one that passes an audit once and slowly drifts back into inaccessibility.
