- Get your own action plan of changes to be made
- Reduce the costs of implementing accessibility standards
- Improve user experience
- Digital Test Lab for flexible, high value testing without the need to commit to a team of full-time testers
Disability affects around 16 million people in the UK, including 23% of working age adults and 45% of adults over State pension adults in the UK.
The purple pound is the spending power of disabled people which is currently estimated to be worth £279 billion per year to UK businesses.
An Accessibility Test provides a check of your application or website and a full set of actionable insights and recommendations on how to remove barriers that would otherwise prevent people with a range of disabilities from accessing it.
Accessibility is a regulatory requirement; non-compliance can come with a significant legal risk with financial impacts. All UK websites are covered by the Equality Act 2010 to protect and promote a fair and more equal society. As of summer 2019, all public sector websites must comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the latest published version is (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards. The Government Digital Service (GDS) has published guidance to support the public sector in meeting their legal obligations and publishing an Accessibility statement.
We work towards the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG), level A/AA/AAA, GDS guidelines and ADA Section 508 guidelines for websites with a US audience.
We take a combined approach to web accessibility testing. We work with a range of best-in-class tools such as Sort site, WAVE, aXe to automate and rapidly perform accessibility testing wherever possible. This is complemented by our team of UK or US-based test analysts and consultants who can identify additional issues that automation tools may not pick up.
Our accessibility testing service will provide you with the advice and guidance needed to support you through the WCAG self-certification process. We can also work with you to understand your plans for future development and expansion to ensure accessibility can be built into your product development lifecycle.
- Provide an improvement plan for an inclusive and accessible organisation
- Provide increased organisational reputation, brand image and public perception
- Build quality and trust by attracting consumers who prioritise accessibility best practice
- Decrease costly retrospective fixes and increase sustainable improvements
- Ensure legal compliance across laws and regulations (ADA, WCAG)
- Provide improved user experience and foster inclusivity across your platform
- Expand your customer base, allowing a broader audience to access your platform
- Actionable insights and recommendations with documented evidence for self-certification
Our Accessibility Audit services will help you to define the level of audit required for you to meet the following criteria:
- Accessibility of UK web sites covered by Equality Act 2010.
- Protects and promotes a fair and more equal society.
- Owners are required to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to make their sites accessible to everyone.
- All new public sector web sites must meet WCAG 2.2 level AA standards using the GDS guidelines.
- A statement should be published on the site.
- All websites must now comply.
- US Government websites must meet Section 508 regulations.
- These regulations were revised in 2017 to include the WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA.
- WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines comply with the section 508 regulations.
- European Accessibility Act (EAA) comes into force on 28th June 2025.
- All new public & private sector products and services offered in the EU must be launched as conformant to WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
- Enforcement and monitoring of compliance will be undertaken by designated national authorities.
How the new WCAG 2.2 guidelines impact your organisation? Learn what steps you should take with our webinar from Ten10 Principal Consultant, Charlotte Hayes
With our Accessibility Strategy Assessments, our expert consultants can help you create a culture of accessibility.
No more retrospective reviews and correcting mistakes. Understand the root causes of accessibility non-compliance within your organisation with our strategy assessments. We will:
- Conduct an Accessibility Strategy Assessment against industry standards and best practice to help you benchmark your current position, focus on relevant priorities, and set clear goals, aligning with your organisation’s priorities
- Review your entire delivery lifecycle, including your vision/roadmap, culture, leadership, team capabilities and tool procurement
- Give tailored advice on quality against industry standards, and analyse your compliance vs priorities to provide actionable insights to help you become an accessible and inclusive organisation
| Accessibility Strategy Assessments | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organisational Maturity: Evaluating compliance across your organisation’s key departments | |||
| Strategy Creation: Writing a new, comprehensive accessibility strategy | |||
| Product/Platform Review: Reviewing a new product/platform’s design against best practice design principles and web accessibility |
All of our recommendations are driven by your current challenges and business priorities. You receive a list of pragmatic and prioritised improvements that you decide how to implement.
Our digital functional and regression testing service provides customers with a cost effective, flexible, and high value testing service without the need to commit to a full-time team of professional testers.
Our accessibility testing service provides you with confidence that your websites and applications are accessible and usable by people of all abilities.
Finally, our compatibility testing service helps you to keep pace with the ever growing number of devices and platforms on the market.
The Accessibility Audit service provides a check of your application or website and a full set of actionable insights and recommendations on how to remove barriers that would otherwise prevent people with a range of disabilities from accessing it.
| Accessibility Audit Activity | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing to level A/AA/AAA compliance | A | AA | AA | AAA |
| Number of templates/user journeys in scope to test | 1 – 10 | 1 – 10 | 10 – 20 | 30+ |
| Number of browser/device combinations | 2 Platforms | 3 Platforms | 4 Platforms | 4 Platforms |
| Accessibility tools used for the audit | ||||
| Audit report created which includes test findings and a recommend action plan | ||||
| Defect re-testing included | * Limited | |||
| Self certify with WCAG conformance badge across website/applications once all defects are resolved | ||||
| Guidance for publishing an Accessibility Statement | ||||
| Best practice guidance for building Accessibility into website design |
Find out more about Accessibility Testing.