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The Accessibility Audit has long been a staple of the usability professional and web accessibility specialists’ toolkit. An audit is where problematic issues that limit the accessibility of a web site or application can be highlighted in a granular fashion, solutions outlined and statements of conformance to accessibility guidelines, like WCAG, teased out. However, in practice is the accessibility audit really the right tool for the job? As a methodology does it efficiently help to advance the cause of improving the accessibility of web sites and applications? Or effectively raise awareness of inclusive design amongst developers? Or is it merely an inert rubber-stamping exercise that could be replaced or enhanced by more progressive methods? [1]
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Connor, J.O. (2010). Is the Accessibility Audit Dead?. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_66
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