AUDIT
WCAG 2.2, Section 508 & ADA Website Accessibility Audits
Our detailed accessibility audit assesses the accessibility of your website or app and its compliance with the latest WCAG, ADA and Section 508 guidelines. Our website accessibility audits combine the best of automated testing with hands-on, manual testing by our team of accredited accessibility experts led by our lead auditor who is visually impaired and a native screen reader user.
Accessibility Audits that Inform and Guide
- screenshot of the issue
- accessibility standard which is being violated
- description of the issue
- priority/impact of the issue
- fix recommendations
Our Three-Pillar Accessibility Strategy
We don’t just find violations; we empower your team to solve them and prevent them from returning. Our process integrates directly into your existing digital workflow.
Comprehensive Accessibility Auditing
We provide 100% coverage by combining automated scanning with human intelligence
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The 30/70 Split: We use axe-core to catch the 30% of violations that can be found using automated scans, followed by expert manual auditing to capture the 70% of barriers automated software misses.
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Real-World User Testing: Our Accessibility Advisory Board—individuals with diverse disabilities—identifies the UX barriers that a technical scan cannot see.
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Mobile-Specific Scripting: We perform specialized testing for mobile sites and apps to address touch-target and screen-reader gestures often missed on desktop.
Expert Code Guidance & Remediation
We act as a technical extension of your development team, turning audit findings into finished fixes.
Prioritized Remediation Roadmap: We rank issues by severity so your team can address the most critical issues first.
Custom Code Guidance: We provide custom code of the fix for each violation to guide your development team to fix the violations correctly the first time.
Validation Testing: We re-test every fix made by your team to ensure compliance and confirm that no new barriers were introduced during the fixes.
Role-Specific Training & Policy
We build your team’s internal “Accessibility IQ” to ensure long-term, self-sustaining compliance.
Team-Based Training: Practical, role-specific workshops for designers, developers, and content creators to stop barriers at the source.
Assistive Technology Coaching: We teach your internal QA teams how to use screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver) for ongoing manual testing.
Compliance Documentation: We generate the formal ACR (VPAT) and Attestation Letters required for legal defense and procurement standards.
“Access Design Studio made the audit process easy. The audit they provided was comprehensive, detailed and specific.”
—Pat Burgess,
IMHK Solutions
FAQs
Does Access Design Studio use automated scanning?
We use tools to help, but we rely on manual testing for the full accessibility picture. Automated scans only catch about 30% of violations; our human experts find the other 70%.
How does the accessibility process work?
There are many approach to accessibility. Depending on a business’s goals, timeline, budget, type and size of website and other factors, we will work with you to find an approach that fits your needs.
For a business that comes to us and says, “let’s do the whole shebang. Get our site accessible,” we start with a comprehensive accessibility audit to find where your site is “broken” for users with disabilities. A comprehensive audit MUST utilize both automated and manual testing. Automated testing along falls very short of identifying all accessibility violations. From there, we either fix the violations for you (remediation) or guide your dev team to do the fixes by adding custom code guidance for each accessibility violations.
All of our packages include an Accessibility Training for Content Creators to assure that those adding content to your site are adding content accessibly and keeping the site in compliance.
We will then CERTIFY your site as accessible
Is an accessibility widget enough for compliance?
No. This is a common misconception. Widgets and overlays do not make a website compliant and often make the experience worse for screen reader users. 25% of accessibility lawsuits are against companies that have accessibility widgets on them.
Is website accessibility just for legal protection?
No. While it does reduce legal risk, it also improves SEO, widens your market reach to the 1 in 4 adults with a disability, and shows the world your brand actually cares about people.
What are the requirements for working with the agency?
You simply need a willingness to improve your digital presence. We work with most CMS platforms, including WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and more as well as custom builds.