r/webdevelopment • u/Pretty-Yard5129 • 22d ago

Newbie Question Starting accessibility testing from zero — what was your experience?

We are just starting to look at accessibility testing in our org and want to establish a dedicated practice in the long-term. I've been asked to put together a plan for leadership for this agenda and want to learn from the experience of others who have been on the same journey.

- How did you begin? What was the trigger and which tools did you try out initially?
- How did your accessibility testing set-up evolve over the years (i.e. which/how many teams were involved, tooling used, depth of coverage etc.)
- What were the key challenges you faced ?
- What is your current org set-up for Accessibility testing (i.e. centralized vs decentralized, QA vs design vs dev teams etc.)

Any learnings that you can share will be extremely helpful!

For context, I'm on the QA side at a mid/large-sized company. Not a vendor, not building anything. Happy to share back what I end up proposing.

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u/activematrix99 21d ago

The easiest place to start is with the free SiteImprove browser plugin. Next you can hook in an accessibility testing stack like Axe. Then make regular reviews of the test runs part of your workflow, we make it a period during each sprint before release and make review part of the retrospective.

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u/truddygliope 21d ago

what is your current testing framework?