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Today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we want to take a moment to talk about what truly drives us: creating digital experiences that are genuinely accessible, useful, and inclusive for everyone.
GAAD, celebrated each year on the third Thursday of May (May 21 in 2026), is a reminder that more than one billion people worldwide live with a disability. Digital accessibility is not a box to tick or a regulatory burden. It’s a way of designing our products and services so they can be used by people with visual, hearing, motor, or cognitive disabilities—and, ultimately, by all users.
When accessibility becomes a real commitment
What inspires us most are the projects where accessibility is treated as a core value, not just an obligation.
This was the case, for example, with the accessibility and UX audits we conducted for the Mental Health Commission of Canada. This project stood out because the client genuinely wanted to improve their site experience. The team was curious, open, and eager to understand what they could put in place to do better. Being able to combine an a11y audit with a UX audit meant we could look at the experience from multiple angles and recommend holistic improvements that benefited both users with disabilities and the broader audience.
In a different way, the UnderAntarctica project also shows what it looks like to go beyond the minimum. The client wasn’t required to do it, but they were determined to make the site, its content, and its discoveries accessible to everyone. There’s a meaningful link here between accessibility and eco-consciousness: making knowledge and environmental awareness broadly accessible strengthens the overall impact of the project.
Accessibility is also about trust and collaboration
The training projects with Beneva are a great example of what can happen when trust is at the heart of the collaboration. Beyond the deliverables, what stands out is a working environment where we can share expertise, learn together, and build stronger solutions. When a client trusts us on accessibility issues, we can go further: adapt the content, rethink pedagogy, diversify formats, and ensure each participant truly feels considered.
Our work supporting the Hydro-Québec's design system team is another strong example. Here, accessibility took the form of shared learning. Team members showed real openness, a genuine desire to learn, to challenge existing practices, and to push the quality of their work. Projects like this remind us that accessibility is most powerful when it’s built into a design system from the ground up. That’s where consistency, long-term impact, and the ability to scale best practices across an organization really take shape.
When accessibility meets education
Another memorable project involves school documents for the Centre franco-ontarien de ressources pédagogiques. Their goal is to reach a very high level of accessibility without cutting corners on quality. Their approach is profoundly human: communication is smooth, respectful, and focused on the real needs of students and educators. It’s also a chance to see how much educational material has evolved—both in content and format—to better reflect the diversity of learners.
Making educational documents accessible isn’t just about applying technical standards. It means rethinking how information is structured, how visuals are designed, how navigation works, and ultimately how we support the success of people with very different learning profiles.
For us, accessibility is a living practice
What all these projects have in common is simple: teams who want to learn, to reflect, and to improve. Clients who don’t “do accessibility” because they have to, but because they want to offer a more fair, inclusive, and enjoyable experience.
On this Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we want to:
- recognize the work of teams who are committed to making their products more inclusive;
- thank the clients who trust us and who are willing to rethink how they work;
- remind everyone that every small step matters, whether it’s an audit, a training initiative, a design system, or an educational resource.
Accessibility is never “finished.” It’s an ongoing journey made up of conversations, testing, adjustments, and continuous learning. And that’s exactly what makes it so meaningful.
To learn more about Global Accessibility Awareness Day and how you can get involved, visit the official site: https://accessibility.day. Today—and every other day—let’s talk about accessibility, think accessibility, and design with accessibility in mind.
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Not sure where to start? We have a practical guide on the accessibility lifecycle.