Accessibility Training & Capability Building

We Teach You to Fish—Build Internal Expertise

Education-focused training programs that build your team's accessibility capability, reducing long-term dependency on external consultants

Why Internal Capability Beats Dependency

The Dependency Model

  • • Consultants fix issues → Issues reoccur → Repeat cycle
  • • Your team never learns accessibility principles
  • • Ongoing consultant fees add up significantly over time
  • • Slow turnaround waiting for external reviews
  • • No internal champion or accessibility culture

Long-term cost: substantial ongoing expenditure in consultant fees

The Education Model

  • • Your team learns to prevent issues at the source
  • • Developers code accessibly from day one
  • • QA catches violations before production
  • • Internal reviews = faster iteration cycles
  • • Accessibility becomes part of your culture

Long-term cost: a single training investment

Result: dramatically lower long-term cost with sustainable internal capability

Plus faster delivery, better quality, and sustainable compliance

Training Programs by Role

Developer Training

Duration: 2 days

Up to 15 participants

Topics Covered:

  • • WCAG 2.1/2.2 success criteria
  • • Semantic HTML & ARIA
  • • Keyboard navigation patterns
  • • Screen reader compatibility
  • • Focus management
  • • Form accessibility
  • • Accessible React/Vue/Angular
  • • Automated testing tools

QA/Testing Training

Duration: 1.5 days

Up to 12 participants

Topics Covered:

  • • Accessibility testing methodology
  • • Automated testing (Lighthouse, axe)
  • • Manual testing techniques
  • • Screen reader basics (NVDA, JAWS)
  • • Keyboard-only testing
  • • Color contrast verification
  • • Creating bug reports
  • • Regression testing

Content Author Training

Duration: 4 hours

Up to 20 participants

Topics Covered:

  • • Accessible document creation
  • • Heading structure
  • • Alt text for images
  • • Link text best practices
  • • Table accessibility
  • • PDF remediation basics
  • • Video captions & transcripts
  • • Plain language principles

Leadership Workshop

Duration: 3 hours

Executive team

Topics Covered:

  • • Legal landscape & risk
  • • Business case for accessibility
  • • Compliance frameworks (ADA, 508, IT-09)
  • • Budget & resource planning
  • • Building accessibility culture
  • • Procurement requirements
  • • Measuring success & ROI

Design Training

Duration: 1 day

Up to 12 designers

Topics Covered:

  • • Inclusive design principles
  • • Color contrast requirements
  • • Typography & readability
  • • Touch target sizing
  • • Motion & animation safety
  • • Designing for screen readers
  • • Accessible component patterns
  • • User research with PWD

Procurement Training

Duration: 3 hours

Procurement officers

Topics Covered:

  • • Section 508 compliance clauses
  • • VPAT evaluation
  • • Vendor accessibility claims
  • • Contract language
  • • Conformance verification
  • • ACR (Accessibility Conformance Report)
  • • Red flags to avoid

Flexible Delivery Options

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On-Site (Central Ohio)

In-person training at your location

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Remote/Virtual

Live virtual sessions — available for all programs

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Hybrid

Combination of on-site + remote, tailored to your needs

Build Your Team's Accessibility Expertise

Build sustainable accessibility capability. Invest once in your team's expertise.