Hire Accessibility Specialists — WCAG & ADA Compliance

WCAG 2.2 is the current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines standard published by the W3C. It defines four principles — Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust — across three conformance levels (A, AA, AAA). Level AA is the benchmark required by most accessibility regulations, including ADA Title III case law in the United States and EN 301 549 in the EU. Meeting WCAG 2.2 AA reduces legal risk, expands your potential user base, and often improves usability for all users.

A Kultrix audit covers automated scanning with axe-core and Lighthouse, manual keyboard navigation testing, screen reader testing with NVDA and VoiceOver, colour contrast checks across all states, and a review of all dynamic content updates. We deliver a prioritised report with every failure mapped to its WCAG success criterion, severity level, affected user groups, and a concrete remediation recommendation with code examples where appropriate.

Most Kultrix accessibility engagements start within 48 hours of contract signing. For combined audit-and-remediation engagements, a one-week lead time allows us to match a specialist with direct experience in your technology stack.

Both options are available. A standalone audit produces a detailed report your existing team can action. An audit-plus-remediation engagement pairs the same specialist with your codebase to fix the identified issues directly, which is faster and ensures fixes are implemented correctly the first time.

Yes. Our accessibility specialists are engineers who write code, not consultants who only review designs. They work directly in React codebases, fix ARIA implementations in Radix UI, shadcn/ui, Material UI, and custom component libraries, and add accessibility test coverage to your Storybook and CI pipeline.

We embed automated checks into your development workflow. axe-core rules run in Storybook for component-level checks and in Playwright for page-level end-to-end testing. We configure these checks to run on every pull request in CI, blocking merges that introduce new violations. We also document patterns in your design system and run a workshop so the team understands why each pattern matters.

The Americans with Disabilities Act Title III has been interpreted by courts to apply to websites and mobile applications. US courts have consistently used WCAG 2.1 AA (and increasingly WCAG 2.2 AA) as the technical standard for determining ADA compliance. Meeting WCAG 2.2 AA is the most defensible position for ADA compliance, though it does not guarantee immunity from litigation.

Our specialists are trained in assistive technology use and perform all manual testing themselves using NVDA on Windows, JAWS on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS and iOS, and TalkBack on Android. For high-stakes products, we can arrange supplementary usability testing with disabled participants through our research partners.

A single-page audit typically takes two to three days. A comprehensive product audit — covering ten to thirty distinct page templates with interactive flows — typically takes one to two weeks. Timelines depend on product complexity, the number of custom interactive widgets, and the depth of manual assistive technology testing required. We provide a fixed timeline estimate after a brief scoping call.

Yes — and this is far more cost-effective than remediating after launch. Kultrix accessibility specialists can be embedded as a senior reviewer during design and development, reviewing Figma designs for contrast and focus order, pairing with developers on custom widget implementation, and establishing accessible component patterns before a library of inaccessible components accumulates.

Fixed-price audit engagements are scoped and quoted after a discovery call. Remediation and embedded specialist work is available on monthly retainer or time-and-materials. Both options include transparent deliverables, dedicated account management, and a clear scope agreed in writing before work begins.

Automated scanners like Lighthouse and axe-core catch roughly 30–40% of WCAG failures — only the ones that can be algorithmically detected. The remaining 60–70% require human judgment: is the reading order logical, does this carousel work for a keyboard-only user, is the error message communicated to a screen reader at the right moment? Kultrix specialists combine automated tools with expert manual testing to find the full picture.