Originally published at https://ninadpathak.com/articles/documentation-accessibility-checklist/.
Accessibility testing matters for documentation because a page can look finished and still leave a reader unable to complete its task. A bold heading, a link named “here,” or a screenshot holding the only success signal can turn setup instructions into a visual-only path.
Use this release checklist when you need to decide what to automate, what needs manual testing, and which failure should block a documentation deploy. I built and ran a documentation accessibility checker against a broken fixture and its repaired version so the human review can focus on the experience a parser cannot judge.
Accessibility testing checklist for a documentation release
Run this table against generated HTML and the rendered page. It separates repeatable source failures from the reader-path checks that only a person can complete.
