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Inclusively Accessibility Audit

Web Accessibility Remediation for Inclusively website to make it conforms with the WCAG technical standards and comply with the ADA.

  • https://www.inclusively.com/
  • WordPress, Accessibility Audit, VPAT
  • Color Contrast Analyzer
  • Will Bubenik
  • June 12, 2022
  • Jobs & Hiring

This Inclusively accessibility audit and WCAG 2.1 AA remediation covered a United States platform that connects job-seekers with disabilities to inclusive employers and workplace accommodations.

For a disability-inclusion platform, accessibility is the product, not a feature. The people it exists to serve are disabled job-seekers, many using assistive technology — so the platform and its site must be flawlessly usable, or it fails its own mission.

StandardWCAG 2.1 AA
IndustryTechnology
TestingManual + Automated
RegionUnited States

Why accessibility is essential for a disability-inclusion platform

Software and SaaS companies are not exempt from accessibility expectations. In the United States a company’s digital services are treated as a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III, and WCAG 2.1 Level AA is the standard, and for a product company it applies twice over — to the public marketing site and to the application itself. For a platform built for disabled users the standard is absolute — its own experience must model the inclusion it promises. A sign-up or demo form a screen-reader user cannot complete, or a product UI a keyboard user cannot operate, shuts paying customers and their own users out.

Scope and standard

Our Inclusively accessibility audit assessed the site and platform against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, mapped to ADA Title III, across the journeys that matter: candidate sign-up and profiles, employer and job content, the accommodation and matching tools, account flows, and navigation.

How we ran the Inclusively accessibility audit

  • Screen-reader testing with JAWS and NVDA on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS and iOS, and TalkBack on Android
  • Automated audits with Deque axe, Google Lighthouse and WAVE
  • Keyboard-only operation of every step, with attention to focus order and a clearly visible focus indicator
  • Colour-contrast analysis, plus 400% zoom and reflow testing for low-vision users

What accessibility means on each part of the site

Because Inclusively is a product-led site, our Inclusively accessibility audit focused on the marketing site and the path into the product:

  • Feature, solution and pricing pages need a clear heading structure and readable text, so a screen-reader user can evaluate the product.
  • Sign-up, login and demo-request forms need programmatic labels, clear instructions and announced errors, so getting started never depends on sight or a mouse.
  • Any interactive demo or product UI needs keyboard operability, managed focus and names and states that assistive technology can read.
  • Documentation and support content needs correct heading levels, readable code or examples, and link names that make sense out of context.
  • Navigation and content need visible focus, sufficient colour contrast and clean reflow at 400% zoom.

Outcome

This Inclusively accessibility audit, combining manual and automated testing with remediation, brought the site into line with WCAG 2.1 AA expectations, so people using a screen reader or a keyboard can use it without barriers. Every fix was verified with assistive technology rather than assumed from an automated pass, so the result holds up in real use.

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