How Our ADA/WCAG Accessibility Works

Auditing runs in two passes because neither alone is sufficient. Automated tooling such as axe-core reliably detects contrast failures, missing form labels, empty links and buttons, and invalid ARIA usage, but it cannot judge whether alt text is meaningful, whether focus order follows the visual reading order, or whether a custom widget behaves the way its ARIA role promises. Those require manual keyboard-only traversal and screen reader passes with NVDA on Windows and VoiceOver on macOS and iOS. Findings are mapped to specific WCAG success criteria at Level AA, so each item names the criterion it fails rather than a general impression. Text contrast is measured against the 4.5:1 ratio for body copy and 3:1 for large text and non-text indicators, computed from the actual rendered colors rather than the values in the stylesheet, because an inline style attribute overrides a rule and a media query that never fires leaves dead code behind. Reflow is verified at 320 CSS pixels without two-dimensional scrolling, and content stays usable at 200 percent text zoom. Remediation is re-tested rather than assumed, and the report records what was fixed, what remains, and why.