Accessibility exposure now arrives three ways: US lawsuits (running at a record pace in 2026), the European Accessibility Act in force since , and procurement teams demanding a VPAT. The answer to all three is the same: fix the code against WCAG 2.2 AA, re-test, and document — from $2,500 audit.
$2,500 audit· audit 2 weeks · remediation 2–6 weeks
Half on start, half on delivery of the evidence pack. Milestone billing above $8,000. Evidence pack or no fee: every engagement ends with a dated evidence pack. If I don’t deliver it, you don’t pay the closing half.
What is this for, exactly?
Businesses facing an accessibility demand letter or lawsuit, an EAA obligation, or a procurement team asking for a VPAT.
What do you get?
- WCAG 2.2 AA audit with a defect list prioritised by exposure — $2,500
- Code remediation: semantic HTML, keyboard operability, focus management, contrast, forms — $4,000–12,000 by page count
- VPAT / Accessibility Conformance Report, every criterion with a specific remark — $1,200 simple · $2,500 standard · $5,000+ complex or government-facing
- Re-test and conformance statement, plus a dated record of remediation effort — $1,000
Why not an overlay widget?
Because the people filing lawsuits read code, not marketing. The July 2026 filings are the argument, and each figure below carries its source.
US web accessibility litigation, July 2026
- 401New ADA web accessibility lawsuits filed in the US in July 2026.UsableNet, ADA Web Accessibility Lawsuit Tracker (opens in a new tab) · retrieved
- 113Of July 2026’s defendants, 113 were sued while already running a third-party accessibility widget.UsableNet, ADA Web Accessibility Lawsuit Tracker (opens in a new tab) · retrieved
- 77July 2026 defendants who had already faced a prior digital accessibility lawsuit.UsableNet, ADA Web Accessibility Lawsuit Tracker (opens in a new tab) · retrieved
- ≈6,176ADA web accessibility lawsuits projected for 2026 — a record, up nearly 20% on 2025.UsableNet, “Inside the 2026 Midyear Numbers” (opens in a new tab) · retrieved
An overlay is a subscription to the appearance of a fix. Remediation in the code is the fix.
What does the ladder look like in practice?
The audit ($2,500) produces a defect list ranked by real exposure — keyboard traps and unlabelled forms before cosmetic contrast notes. Remediation is quoted fixed from that list, by page count. The re-test proves the defects are closed, and the conformance statement plus remediation record give your counsel or your buyer the document they asked for. Each rung is priced on the pricing page — no bundle you didn't choose.
Is this site itself accessible?
It had better be. This site targets WCAG 2.2 AA, works without JavaScript, is fully keyboard-operable, honours reduced-motion preferences, and publishes an accessibility statement naming the standard, the state of conformance and a contact for problems. The body face is Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, designed by the Braille Institute for low-vision readers. A desk selling accessibility that cannot pass its own audit deserves the thirty-second disqualification that would follow.