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Insights, commentary and articles from the ExceedAbility team.
18 pages Blog
Regular accessibility insights and commentary.
Open Blog and Insights → Reference Accessibility Isn't a Button or an Add-OnWhy bolt-on accessibility overlays fail, and what works instead.
Open Accessibility Isn't a Button or an Add-On → Reference Accessibility Maturity: From Reactive to ResilientMoving an organisation from one-off audits to embedded, resilient accessibility practice.
Open Accessibility Maturity: From Reactive to Resilient → Reference Why Accessibility Overlays Won't Make You CompliantWhy accessibility overlays and widgets do not deliver WCAG conformance, what the 2025 FTC ruling against accessiBe means, and what actually works.
Open Why Accessibility Overlays Won't Make You Compliant → Reference Apple's Accessibility Nutrition Labels: What They Mean for Your AppThe App Store now tells people which accessibility features your app supports before they download. What the labels cover, how Apple expects you to earn them, and why a label is a public claim you have to be able to back up.
Open Apple's Accessibility Nutrition Labels: What They Mean for Your App → Reference Anyone Can Buy an Ice Chisel: Why Accessibility Tools Alone Don't Solve AccessibilityAccessibility tools are useful in expert hands. They do not, on their own, produce an accessible product, any more than an ice chisel produces an ice sculpture. Buying the toolkit (or the AI) is the start, not the result.
Open Anyone Can Buy an Ice Chisel: Why Accessibility Tools Alone Don't Solve Accessibility → Reference Commercial Advantages of Accessible Digital ProductsRevenue, risk and reach: the business case for accessibility, with Australian numbers.
Open Commercial Advantages of Accessible Digital Products → Reference Exceeding Expectations: How Paralympians Inspire UsWhat the Paralympic mindset teaches us about lifting accessibility standards.
Open Exceeding Expectations: How Paralympians Inspire Us → Reference Help Yourself First: Every Tool, Guide and Benchmark We HaveThe full library of free tools, application-specific guides for Word, PowerPoint, InDesign and Acrobat, references and benchmarks, and where to find us when self-help is not enough.
Open Help Yourself First: Every Tool, Guide and Benchmark We Have → Reference Helpful Web Accessibility ToolsA practitioner's pick of the most useful accessibility testing and remediation tools.
Open Helpful Web Accessibility Tools → Reference The Chocolate Cake Accessibility AnalogyExplaining accessibility through baking: ingredients, recipe and the cost of skipping steps.
Open The Chocolate Cake Accessibility Analogy → Reference Understanding Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesHow different disabilities map to digital barriers and the standards that address them.
Open Understanding Digital Accessibility for Disabilities → Reference Understanding Global Accessibility StandardsWCAG, EN 301 549, Section 508 and the Australian context, compared side-by-side.
Open Understanding Global Accessibility Standards → Reference Web Accessibility DefinedA grounded definition of web accessibility, free of jargon and overlay marketing.
Open Web Accessibility Defined → Reference What Else Can't See? Search Engines, AI Agents and Machines Read Your StructureScreen reader users are not the only audience without eyes. Crawlers, answer engines, browsing agents, voice assistants and car dashboards all read the same accessibility structure. Build it once and every one of them can read you properly.
Open What Else Can't See? Search Engines, AI Agents and Machines Read Your Structure → Reference Web Accessibility Legal Risks in AustraliaDDA, AHRC complaints, and the Australian legal landscape every digital team should understand.
Open Web Accessibility Legal Risks in Australia → Reference Where Are Your Testimonials? Why the Best Accessibility Work Is ConfidentialWhy public testimonials and client logos are rare in accessibility consulting, why that is a feature rather than a warning sign, and what genuine proof of competence actually looks like.
Open Where Are Your Testimonials? Why the Best Accessibility Work Is Confidential → Reference Why Web Accessibility MattersThe human, commercial and regulatory case for accessibility, in one place.
Open Why Web Accessibility Matters →