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Content Governance Is the Real Accessibility Battleground

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Content Governance Is the Real Accessibility Battleground

When organizations talk about content governance and accessibility, the conversation usually starts and ends with technical fixes. Color contrast. Alt text. Screen readers. WCAG checklists. Those elements matter. But for municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and public facing services, they are not where accessibility succeeds or fails over time. The real battleground is content governance. Accessibility does not fail at launch.It fails when organizations stop consistently creating, reviewing, and maintaining accessible content over time. If your organization is redesigning its website to support compliance with The Accessibility for Manitobans Act, this distinction matters more than most leaders realize. The Problem Most… Read More

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