Deque Systems

@deque.com

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Leader in #accessibility for web & mobile apps. Makers of axe. Hosts of #axecon. We’ve got audits, training & tools to make your site better & compliant with local & global laws.

Title page thumbnail of the report, which reads The EAA at one year: A Deque report on the state of digital accessibility.
Preety Kumar sharing insights into regulatory and technological changes.
Preety Kumar on stage presenting to a full room in front of a slide that reads: A world where accessibility is the default.
Webinar: What's new in Axe DevTools: More automation, coverage, and accessible code with Harris Schneiderman on June 23 at 11:30 am EDT.
How Nestle accelerated accessibility performance by nearly 180% in 12 months.
Panelists Aaron Gustafson, Yumeng Ma, Dylan Barrell, Navin Thadani, Ed Summers on stage at Microsoft's Ability Summit.
Forbes Accessibility 200, 2026 logo
Fixing accessibility after the fact is already too late. Shifting left in the era of AI with Dylan Barrell at Microsoft Ability Summit on May 20 at 9:00 am in McKinley.
Free two-hour training: Digital accessibility fundamentals for Europe. May 21 at 13:00 (BST) or 14:00 (CET) with Ron, Natalie and Patrick.
Axe-con Mini: Shift Left with Thomson Reuters with live Q&A. Learn how Thomson Reuters integrated Axe into their distributed engineering environment with Corey and Peter.
How Securly scaled accessibility across its entire product ecosystem.
How Blue Bottle strategically approached accessibility and reduced issues by 87% in just four months.
Join the GAAD accessibility fundamentals training. Thursday, May 21, in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Accessibility in France: How to meet RGAA requirements with confidence. Thursday, April 30 at 8:00 am (EDT), 14:00 (CEST)
Dozens of Awareness Lab participants navigate from one accessibility station to the next, smiling and learning.
Deque Happy Hour at CSUN! Celebrating 10 years of Axe-core! Thursday, March 12 from 4:30-6:00 PM in Platinum Ballroom 3 at the Anaheim Marriott.
Ambika showing the differences between an accessible and inaccessible line chart.
Mark showcasing what to look for when evaluating vendors, including: Program overview, procurement policy, testing methodology, user feedback methodology, and future program improvement plans.
Destin discussing the usability and accessibility of PDFs
Victoria pointing out that the AT user experience required no letter of recommendation, no application fees, no personal statements, no test scores, and no long forms. Making the experience much simpler.
Arielle reviewing the presentation outline and seven use cases.
Greg presenting on testing web experiences with your keyboard.
Bhuvana reviewing Cognitive Accessibility Guidelines
We created what we call the accessibility guild...the guild discusses issues that they have seen in their work, best practices, and they help drive accessible growth and strategy. Amanda Bolton.
Ed showing how copilot reviews non-descriptive link text.
There is a need for acquiring automated scan tools. Alisa Shtromberg, Director of Digital Accessibility, Houston City College. The required innovation of accessibility testing tools is critical. Emilie Berglund, Director of Accessibility, McGraw Hill. We need tools to help expand and scale the work of accessibility. Kyle Shachmut, Sr Director, Digital Accessibility, Harvard University.
Jen hosting round 1 of the show, taking a look at color contrast.
Cherisha outlining where inclusion meets automation.
The most accessible and usable products communicate in layers. We cannot just use color or text. We want to communicate our intentions and functionality in as many layers as we can to make sure people can understand them in whatever way that they can. Daniel Yuschick.
Noa highlights the importance of education and taking action earlier
Paulina highlighting how to be a more inclusive leader
Jeremy explaining why enterprise accessibility is hard, and what we can do about it.
Wilco discusses how to get quality out of AI
Alex covering structural governance gaps: beyond technical issues.
Lola highlighting which user needs are prioritised today.
We must design motion with the same defensiveness we apply to system security or data validation. Stefan Chitu.
Ableism holds back talented disabled people. It also limits employers, because they miss out on talented disabled people. Haben Girma.
Matt King presenting the equity dream team.
Stéphanie Walter presenting - Accessibility grows revenue, protects your brand, and sparks innovation.
Jesse Beach highlighting their 96.7% solve rate fixing accessibility lint violations.
Jesse Beach presenting about design systems making AI coding faster, more consistent and higher quality for product building tasks.
Good intentions don't normalize systems. The structure does. Ryan Schoch.
"Accessibility happens because of people" - Katrina Lee
Pawel Wodkowski presenting The accessible design specialists playbook
Megan Pletzer, Jatin Vaishnav, Nitya Baddam, and Tyler Williams presenting virtually together, in matching t-shirts.
“Checklists catch standard failures but people catch unique failures. By relying on the lived experiences and the perspectives of others, this shifts not only what you test, but how you interpret feedback.” - Angela Young
Do Ask AI to explain on the fix works. Don't accept code without knowing what it does. Do review the code changes before you accept them. Don't assume the AI fix is perfectly accessible. Do test the fix. Don't forget to inform AI of documentation.
Igniting the spark: Building accessibility influence from the bottom up with Emma Torres
Cintia Romera outlining the difference between compliance and competence.
“Most organizations are not failing because they don't care, they are just measuring the wrong things. They are reacting instead of preventing.” Glenda Sims.
Culture starts at the top and must be reinforced all the way down. Governance prevents reactive chaos. Prevention costs less. Mindset shifts from min compliance to strategic commitment. Accessibility becomes holistic. Sunil Kumar Suvvari.
“An undeniable way to make [accessibility] easy is to make it actionable … Don’t only teach rules. Show impact.” Kai Wong.
"We are shifting accessibility left...empowering our designers and engineers with self serve tools...and actionable guidance on the fly" - Peter Bossley
“It’s important to stress that the penalty will only be a last resort for most regulators.” Otto Sleeking.
"Work with your monitoring body. Don't be afraid of your monitoring body. You should absolutely engage with them, because they are a wealth of information." Matthew Luken
“Improving accessibility doesn’t mean designing three different experiences. It means designing one experience that works for everyone.” with David Sabaté