WCAG 2.2 Handbook
Chapter 06

About the Author

Dr. Aashutosh K

I am Dr. Aashutosh K, PhD(hc). I go by Double-A.

A happy accident that I happen to work in the field of accessibility. I am a CPACC-certified accessibility professional and a self-taught product designer with over 12 years of industry experience.

How It Started

I had to learn the WCAG guidelines on short notice — my wife was already on-site in Geneva in 2019 and I had to ensure I knew my success criteria to work with UNAIDS and secure my place alongside her.

While going through all those guidelines, I realized the success criteria are written for testing the finished product. But nobody was talking about how to ensure the product passes those tests from the beginning. That's the gap this handbook fills.

I started creating frugal design-stage tests, looking for third-party tools that could help me validate accessibility in Figma, and uncovered which success criteria are actually in a designer's control — and which aren't.

The Journey Since

After Geneva, COVID brought me back to India. Working for a startup, I started researching mobile app accessibility. Back then, there were no consolidated guidelines for mobile apps. I went back to the drawing board and started adapting the WCAG tests for mobile contexts.

By 2023, I had published a book for designers on the visual side of mobile app accessibility. I started contributing to MATF — the first-ever draft of WCAG guidelines modified for mobile apps. I've also been voicing my thoughts on Substack and building tools to estimate accessibility ROI.

Other Resources

All resources are available at doublea11y.com/resources

EAA Impact Sizer
EAA Impact Sizer
Understanding the financial impact of inaccessibility under the new laws of the European Accessibility Act.
Mobile Accessibility Rituals
Mobile Accessibility Rituals
Prescriptive methods to achieve accessibility without knowing the WCAG guidelines.
SUC Score Framework
SUC Score Framework
A fun and new way of scoring accessibility of the app, based on how much it sucks.
WCAG 2.2 Designers Handbook
WCAG 2.2 Designers' Handbook
Simplified Accessibility Guidelines for Designers, searchable, filterable!
Coming Soon
Design for the FUTURE you
Design for the FUTURE you
Understanding how WCAG applies to elderly users.

Contact

If you found this handbook useful and want to get in touch, reach out via LinkedIn or email. And if you'd like to contribute, translate, or build on this work — I'd love to hear from you.

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