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Reddit representatives refused to answer questions concerning the formal certifications, accreditations or qualifications of employees tasked with ensuring universal accessibility.
This line really really concerns me as a software developer on a team that has to meet accessibility compliance guidelines. I myself am not certified or fully qualified, but always at least one person on-team is. We also as a company try to have multiple people certified (exact certs and qualifications vary by business unit and targeted needs) and this stuff isn't crazy hard to do if you keep it in mind from the outset. Sure it may not be easy/free, but if the org I am in of ~20 developers can keep up accessibility ratings and audits better than our competition and clearly better than reddit's own app, what on earth are they even thinking they can do?
I freely admit my own software isn't perfect, and our clients (especially our less-accessible clients' users!) surely get far more clarity on our audits, reports, and processes than this!
Comment by MostlyBlindGamer at 20/06/2023 at 08:57 UTC
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To be clear, it is entirely possible for individuals within the company to have appropriate training. I would say, if it exists, the basic training required for high-level project management and prioritization seems to be lacking. At the same time, the lack of transparency could come from corporate liability concerns.
That being said, it would be wonderful to have been told all their developers have basic training, their PMs have appropriate training and they have a dedicated highly skilled accessibility team. Unfortunately, that’s very far from what we were told.