European Accessibility Act 2025.
Is your website compliant?
As of 28 June 2025, web accessibility is mandatory across the EU. We audit, remediate, and certify your website according to WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 Level AA.
People with disabilities worldwide
Europeans with a disability
Websites with critical WCAG errors
Average fine for EAA non-compliance
URGENT · EAA 2025 LEGISLATION
Web accessibility is no longer optional. It's mandatory.
Types of disability
We design for the four main groups
WCAG 2.1 AA covers four broad areas. Each requires specific techniques and validations.
Vision
Blindness, low vision, color blindness and light sensitivity. 285 million people worldwide live with a visual impairment.
Motor
Limited mobility, tremors, paralysis. These users need navigation that works 100% by keyboard or through assistive devices.
Cognitive
Dyslexia, ADHD, autism, cognitive impairment. These users need plain language, a predictable structure and a lower cognitive load.
Hearing
Deafness and hearing difficulties. These users need text alternatives for all audio and video content.
Audit categories
Six areas we evaluate in every audit
Over 150 control points per WCAG 2.1 AA audit, covering all success criteria for Levels A and AA.
We approached ZDS because we feared EAA fines. We left with a better, faster website and more users. Accessibility was an excuse to make a better product.
Director Digital
European online bank
Our 5-phase remediation process
WCAG audit
Automated analysis (Axe, WAVE, Lighthouse) plus a manual review with NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver. 150+ checkpoints, prioritized by impact and effort.
Executive report
A document with every finding, screenshots, the WCAG criteria affected, legal priority and an action plan. Written so both legal and technical teams can follow it.
Remediation
We work with your dev team, or take on the implementation ourselves, to fix every finding. Legal blockers first, improvements after that.
Retest
Every fix is validated with the same tools and the same screen readers. Before/after documentation for legal review.
Certification
A signed accessibility statement following EAA requirements, ready to publish on your site. Plus a continuous monitoring plan so you stay compliant.
Success story
Multinational e-commerce: EAA compliance in 8 weeks
How a European retailer avoided fines of up to €250,000 and increased its user base by 12%.
European retailer — 6 countries, 4 languages
EAA fines
Avoided. WCAG 2.1 AA compliance certified before 28 June 2025.
New users
Growth in the user base once the critical flows became accessible to users with disabilities.
Organic traffic
SEO improvement driven by semantic HTML, better alt text and a clearer structure.
Weeks to compliance
Initial audit → remediation → retest → certification. Without pausing the business.
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“Accessibility isn't a checklist at the end of a project. It's a way of thinking about design from the first wireframe. Our team combines technical expertise, legal knowledge of the EAA, and empathy for real users.”
Olesya Franiel
Head of UX & Accessibility
ACCESSIBILITY STACK
The tools we use in every audit
We combine automated analysis with manual validation using the same screen readers used by visually impaired people.
Why it matters
Accessible vs. inaccessible website
Concrete benefits
Three reasons beyond legal compliance
Accessibility is legally mandatory, but the real benefits go far beyond.
The cost of making a website accessible from the start is marginal. The cost of remediating an inaccessible website under legal pressure is enormous. Start now.
Olesya Franiel
Head of UX & Accessibility, ZDS
Frequently asked questions about accessibility and EAA
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CEO & Digital Strategist