European Accessibility Act: 10 Days Left — Is Your Website Ready?

1. The clock is ticking

On 28 June 2025 the European Accessibility Act (EAA) becomes enforceable law. Any website, SaaS platform, or mobile app that sells products or services in the EU must be accessible to people with disabilities. Non-compliant businesses face fines of up to €300 000 per infringement, immediate disqualification from public contracts, and the very real risk of discrimination lawsuits.

2. Why this matters to every SME

More than 130 million Europeans, one in four people, live with a disability. When your checkout button is unreachable by keyboard, or your videos have no captions, you’re locking out a quarter of your market and signalling that inclusion is an after-thought.

And the damage isn’t just legal. Inaccessible sites see higher bounce-rates, lower conversions, and lost referrals from large partners who now ask for a VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) before they sign a deal.

3. The five failures we spot most often

1. Forms that crash screen-readers: blind users can’t buy, and you can be sued.
2. Colour-contrast violations: text fails WCAG AA and triggers automated fines.
3. Keyboard “focus traps”: motor-impaired users get stuck in menus or modals.
4. Missing alt-text, captions, ARIA labels: instant audit red flags.
5. Untagged PDFs and invoices: rejected by public authorities and enterprise buyers.

4. How to triage your own site today

• Open Chrome DevTools → Lighthouse → “Accessibility” tab for a quick score.
• Try navigating only with your keyboard: Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter.
  If you hit a dead end, so will your users and the EAA enforcement officer.

Important: Automated tools catch only about 20 % of real-world barriers.
Users with disabilities rely on assistive technologies (screen-readers, voice-input, switch devices) that behave very differently from automated scanners. To uncover critical, lawsuit-level issues, you need a professional audit performed with these devices in the hands of experienced testers.

5. You don’t need a 200-page report, just a rapid rescue plan

After a decade leading accessibility for eBay/PayPal, SEAT, Mango, and delivering WCAG AA certification at CaixaBank, I founded Accesstia to give SMEs the same enterprise-grade expertise without the enterprise price tag.

Our Fast-Track Packages (3-day turnaround)

• Express Audit – €500: manual + automated testing, issues ranked by legal risk.
• Action Roadmap – €1 000: audit plus Jira-ready task list, screenshots, code examples.
• Guided Compliance – €1 500: audit, roadmap, and four live video meetings, ending with a VPAT your partners will accept.

Need code fixes now? Add a Rapid-Fix Sprint at €250 / day and we’ll patch your critical issues immediately.

6. Take action before the law takes action

The EAA deadline is 10 days away and our calendar is almost full. If your business depends on EU customers or public funding. You cannot afford to ignore this.

Book your Express Audit today