An accessibility audit is invaluable. It identifies problems that might otherwise go unnoticed, provides a structured view of a product's accessibility, and gives a team a concrete starting point for remediation.

But an audit report is a starting point, not a remediation plan.

It's tempting to treat the findings as the job: work through the list, close each issue, ship. But a finding tells you what went wrong in the rendered experience. It doesn't necessarily tell you why it happened, where it should be fixed, or how to prevent it from happening again.

That's where accessibility remediation becomes software engineering.

A finding is a symptom, not a location