Accessibility Audit FAQ: How to Prioritize / Decide Which Issues to Fix First?

Kris explains which accessibility issues you should work on first, which depends on your organization's objectives. Some clients primarily focus on avoiding website accessibility lawsuits, while others want to ensure the ultimate user experience with no barriers to access.

Either way, Accessible.org has prioritization formulas to help you know which issues to tackle first.Inside Accessibility Tracker, audit reports display two key columns: User Impact and Risk Factor. User Impact identifies issues that have the most impact on the most users.

Rather than just seeing general designations like high, medium, or low with 20 issues clustered under "high," you get precision scores for each issue (like 81, 82, 75, 92) so you know exactly which to prioritize.Risk Factor is a data-driven formula showing issues most commonly claimed by plaintiff lawyers in serial website accessibility litigation.

For example, an issue marked as critical with a score of 98 would be a top priority to fix. You can instantly sort your audit report issues by either formula in just two seconds.Examples of issues to prioritize include keyboard navigability problems, which can be an outright barrier to access—someone may literally be unable to use your digital asset without keyboard navigation.

Missing alternative text remains the most commonly claimed issue in serial website accessibility litigation in the United States and is likely to lead to lawsuits.You can get started with Accessibility Tracker for free and view your audit report online with instant sorting capabilities.

For a comprehensive list of issues most commonly claimed by plaintiff lawyers, preview the ADA Compliance Course:

https://adacompliance.net/course/ada-...

Learn more about the weighted scoring system used inside of Accessibility Tracker:

https://accessible.org/how-to-priorit...

Ask Kris about your accessibility audit:

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Get an estimate with the Accessible.org cost calculator:

https://accessible.org/cost-calculator

Use Tracker AI to track progress and get remediation help from AI:

https://accessibilitytracker.com

WCAG Training:

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