Web Accessibility Auditing Services
Why a Professional Audit Matters
Real conformance takes more than an automated scan. Our audits are human-vetted from the ground up — we review your source code, identify the actual technical barriers, and deliver a clear, plain-English roadmap to fix them.
We don't sell overlay widgets or monthly subscriptions that paper over the problem. We deliver the real, standards-based findings your organization needs to move forward with confidence.
Start Here: The Accessibility Statement
Before we begin the audit itself, we help you publish an Accessibility Statement — a clear, public commitment to inclusion, written for your specific site.
This statement documents your path toward WCAG 2.1 AA conformance, notes any platform or third-party limitations outside your direct control, and gives visitors with disabilities a direct way to reach you. Publishing it in your footer is a small step that makes a real difference: it shows good faith, in writing, before the audit even starts.
The Audit Process
Phase 1 — Technical Sweep
We run a full automated scan across your site using an industry-leading toolchain, covering every public page. This gives us a fast, comprehensive first look — structural errors, contrast failures, broken heading hierarchies — across your entire site architecture.
Phase 2 — Manual Verification
Automated tools only catch part of the picture. So we get hands-on: testing keyboard navigation with the mouse unplugged and running full-screen reader evaluations to hear your site the way a blind visitor would.
Rather than billing you to re-test duplicate content, we test each of your site's unique design templates once. Fix an issue in your global menu, and it's fixed everywhere that template appears — that's reflected in how we scope the work, in what you pay, and in it being considered a best practice.
Phase 3 — Post-Remediation Verification
Once you or your development team have addressed the findings, we return to verify that the fixes actually worked — by checking against the same templates we originally tested. If 54 Design Group built or maintains your site, we can also handle the remediation directly as a separate phase. Either way, once verification is complete, we update your public Accessibility Statement to reflect your validated status.
Ongoing Monitoring
Accessibility isn't a one-time fix. Content changes, platform updates, and new features can introduce issues over time, so we offer scheduled monitoring to catch regressions before they become problems.
Each cycle includes a fresh scan, a findings update, and a revised summary you can use to keep your Accessibility Statement current.
Project Scoping & Investment
We don't price by page count, and we don't charge you to retest the same template 10 times. Because we scope your site's actual unique layouts, your investment reflects your real footprint — not an inflated one.
We offer three tiers, matched to your site's complexity and your team's technical capacity:
- Express Verification — For smaller, static, low-interaction sites. A focused visual and contrast pass, plus manual validation on your highest-traffic pages.
- Standard Baseline Audit — Our core offering, built for active small businesses, regional nonprofits, and municipal departments. Full manual and automated testing, an actionable remediation roadmap, and a publication-ready Accessibility Statement.
- Developer-Ready Audit — For complex sites or teams under a compliance deadline. Everything in the Standard tier, plus a code-level appendix with specific fixes your developer can implement directly.
Reduced rates are available for regional nonprofits and existing 54 Design Group clients.
Ready to Get Started?
A thorough, human-vetted audit protects your organization and makes your site genuinely more welcoming to everyone who visits it. Contact us for a scoping analysis tailored to your site.
