Help! Accessibility is going in the wrong direction where I work. What can I do about it?

In the current business climate, continuing accessibility progress can feel uncertain in many organisations. Budgets are tighter. Priorities are shifting. And, in some cases, the momentum that once existed around accessibility is starting to slow – or even move backwards.

You might be seeing signs of this where you work: accessibility no longer feels like a priority to your leaders; they want it to be as cheap as possible; so responsibility sits with one person, without good tools or the support needed to make change happen. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

In this session, we explore the business reasons why this is happening. And, more importantly, the mindset change you need to make to help your stakeholders understand that accessibility can be part of the route to your organisation’s business goals, so its costs can result in the sort of Return on Investment that gains funding.

We looked at how to turn around your stakeholders’ mindsets in 5 key areas: Stakeholders keep on changing their mind about accessibility, based on whether there’s any new legislation They think accessibility is now ‘done’ so we can focus on something else, rather than understanding work needs to continue They think it’s just about ‘compliance’, when that won’t give us much Return on Investment They want to do accessibility the cheapest way, buying the cheapest audits or tools, when that just makes my job harder They think I can do accessibility all on my own, when I need other people to get it into processes Here we give you practical, realistic ways to move forward – even when the environment around you feels challenging.

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