🕒 2023 | Commonwealth Care Alliance
🎯 Executive Summary
Formulated and executed a site-wide digital governance initiative to bring legacy web properties into strict compliance with modern universal design standards.🛑 The Challenge:
An accumulation of technical debt, legacy layouts, and fragmented content structures led to severe WCAG compliance gaps, putting the organization at regulatory and reputational risk. The existing digital footprint unintentionally alienated users with diverse situational, visual, or permanent accessibility needs.
⚙️ The Strategy:
- Executed Global Accessibility Auditing: Audited the entire multi-site web ecosystem using automated and manual assistive-technology screen readers to isolate failures.
- Remediated Legacy Codebases: Re-coded structural layouts to implement semantic HTML5, keyboard-tabbing indices, and comprehensive ARIA labeling patterns.
- Established Sustainable Digital Governance: Created documented accessibility guidelines and accessible component templates to prevent future compliance decay.
- Uplifted Cross-Functional Teams: Educated content creators and developers on ongoing digital inclusivity standards to ensure compliance remains permanent.
⭐️ The Impact:
✅ Increased compliance with ADA/508/WCAG standards.
✅ Improved user experience & accessibility for all visitors.
✅ Positive feedback from stakeholders & accessibility teams.
🛠 Tools & Skills Used:
UX Design | ADA Compliance | Accessibility Testing | WAI-ARIA