[sensanaty]

My greatest realization with a11y came when I sat down and used screen reader software on my work project and realized how unusable it was for anyone visually impaired. Even tiny things like font sizes take on a different perspective once you realize what it can be like.

It also made me realize that making an accessible site, such as all the gov.uk ones, means that the site will almost by default have a great UX flow and be easy to use. You have to make some decisions that can limit you, but at the same time you achieve so much in usability once you design things with a11y in mind.

[wombat-man]

Yeah, and what's more frustrating is not getting time to work on those bugs. My current place is a little better, but my last place was a joke. We spent time and hired consultants to evaluate our product, logged the a11y bugs, and dove right into our next feature work. Those bugs are probably still there years later, if they haven't aged out.