Web Accessibility Remediation

The process of identifying and fixing accessibility barriers in existing websites and digital content to bring them into compliance with standards like WCAG. Remediation can be manual (developers editing HTML, CSS, and ARIA directly), semi-automated (using tools that detect issues and suggest fixes requiring human oversight), or automated (using scripts or overlays that attempt to fix issues programmatically). Research has shown that while automated approaches offer scalability, they often fail to address the deeper structural and interaction issues that affect assistive technology users, making manual remediation with user testing the most reliable approach.