Hi, I'm Andrew — The Accessibility Highlander.

I help organizations build digital products that work for everyone — including the 1.3 billion people worldwide living with a disability. That means real audits, plain-language findings, and fixes that actually hold up.

Accessibility by the Numbers

95.9%

Of the top 1 million websites have detectable WCAG failures. Most of those failures are preventable.

Source: WebAIM Million Report, 2024

4,000+

ADA website lawsuits filed in U.S. federal courts in 2024. The volume has increased every year since 2018.

Source: Seyfarth Shaw / Accessibility.Works

77%

Of ADA lawsuits targeted companies with under $25M in revenue. Size doesn't exempt you.

Source: AudioEye / ADA Site Compliance

$75,000

Maximum DOJ fine for a first ADA Title III violation.

Source: DOJ ADA Title III

Where Accessibility Risk Is Highest

Some industries draw more scrutiny than others — not because they're doing worse, but because they handle sensitive data, serve the public, and operate under regulatory frameworks that overlap with ADA requirements. If your organization is in one of these spaces, you already know the stakes.

Legal

Law firms and legal service providers are scrutinized by the same plaintiff's bar they work alongside. That's an uncomfortable irony worth addressing before someone else does.

Healthcare

Patient portals, intake forms, and telehealth platforms are subject to ADA and Section 504. When someone can't access their own health information, that's not a minor UX gap.

Education

K–12, higher ed, and online learning platforms are among the most frequently targeted sectors — and among the most impactful when done right.

Government

Section 508 and state-level accessibility laws apply to most public-sector digital properties. Compliance isn't optional, and constituent access matters.

Non-Profits

ADA Title III applies to organizations open to the public regardless of tax status. Mission-driven work deserves an accessible front door.

Not sure where your organization falls? A free automated audit is the fastest way to get a real picture.

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What I Do

Four services covering the most common accessibility gaps. Each one is done by me — not a team you'll never meet.

Manual Accessibility Audits

Automated tools catch roughly 30% of WCAG failures. The rest require a trained human. I do a full WCAG 2.1 Level AA review — keyboard, screen reader, contrast, forms, ARIA — and deliver a prioritized remediation report with code-level guidance your developers can actually use.

Learn more about Manual Audits

PDF Remediation

Most organizations put real effort into their website accessibility and then distribute inaccessible PDFs that undo all of it. I tag, structure, and verify every document against WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 standards.

Learn more about PDF Remediation

Education & Training

Half-day workshops, dev team deep-dives, and lunch-and-learn sessions built around your team's actual knowledge gaps. The goal is lasting internal capability — not a one-time checkbox.

Learn more about Education & Training

Expert Services

Expert witness testimony and technical WCAG assessments for ADA litigation. I work with plaintiff and defense counsel and produce court-ready reports built to withstand cross-examination.

Learn more about Expert Services

Why Work With Me

I spent years building digital products from the inside at Fortune 50 companies — as an embedded employee, not a vendor. I know how enterprise teams make decisions, where accessibility gets quietly deprioritized, and what it actually takes to move an organization in the right direction. I also compete in Highland Games. Draw your own conclusions about my tolerance for things that are hard.

Enterprise Background, Independent Practice

I've sat in the rooms where accessibility gets bumped for the third sprint in a row. I know the politics, the prioritization frameworks, and the exact moment a finding needs to be framed as a legal risk versus a user experience issue to actually get fixed. That context doesn't come from consulting — it comes from being on the inside.

Manual Review, Not a Scanner

Automated tools catch roughly 30% of WCAG failures. The ones they miss — the ones that show up in demand letters and depositions — require a trained human. Every audit I deliver is manual, documented, and built to hold up under scrutiny.

Direct. No Overhead.

You're working with me — not an account manager who relays messages to a junior team. Cleaner communication, faster turnaround, and findings written for the humans who have to act on them.

Accessibility is easier to build into than bolt on.

Start with a free automated audit and find out where you actually stand.

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