WCATea

Accessibility tools are only as powerful as the people using them. In this episode, Bee and Ellie explore the accessibility testing tools they use every day and explain how each one contributes to finding barriers that impact real users. From browser extensions and screen readers to accessibility reporting platforms like DARTSuite , discover how professional testers build a toolkit that supports t...

What makes someone successful in digital accessibility testing? Bruce Blaser, Test Manager at AccessAbility Officer and a web developer with more than 30 years of experience, shares the mindset, habits, and technical skills that separate great accessibility professionals from the rest. From writing actionable accessibility reports to collaborating with developers, Bruce explains why curiosity, con...

Planning to attend the National Federation for the Blind (NFB) Convention in Austin? This episode is your guide to everything AccessAbility Officer is bringing to NFB 2026... and why it matters for blind job seekers, accessibility professionals, and vocational rehabilitation participants. Bee and Ellie share how last year's NFB Convention led to new CAT students, paid apprenticeships, professional...

Before websites. Before WCAG. Before AI. Todd Elzey was fighting for accessibility when the ADA was still being debated. Long before digital accessibility became a career path, Todd was helping shape the accessibility movement. He witnessed decades of change, challenged assumptions about what blind professionals could achieve, and never stopped advocating for access. In this episode, Todd reflects...

Many blind professionals are looking for the same thing: a real career, meaningful work, and an opportunity to prove what they can do. In this episode of WCATea, Bee Yang and Ellie Alvarado unlock truths about the Certified AccessAbility Tester (CAT) Program and explain how blind and disabled professionals can build careers in digital accessibility. They discuss what the CAT Program actually teach...

She's known around AccessAbility Officer as the AO Queen. As AO's Business Operations Manager, Marisa Reder has helped support blind and disabled professionals, accessibility testers, and apprentices as they build meaningful careers in digital accessibility. Her message is simple: Just because you have a disability doesn't mean you deserve anything less. In this WCATea conversation, Marisa shares...

The government moved the accessibility deadline. Millions of disabled Americans still face the same barriers today. In this episode, Bee and Ellie break down the new HHS accessibility rule, the extension of Section 504 digital accessibility compliance deadlines, and why disability advocates are pushing back. From inaccessible healthcare portals and online forms to the broader fight for disability...

This Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we're proud to release one of our most meaningful conversations yet.   Bee Yang and Ellie Alvarado sit down with one of the most respected voices in digital accessibility, author, WCAG contributor, and AccessAbility Officer's Director of Accessibility Projects and Strategy, the legend, Sheri Byrne-Haber.   Together, they talk about what happens when disable...

If you're blind, you know the feeling. Rejection. Unemployment. The helplessness of being stuck. Then everything changed. The blind people who've been rejected all their lives, get a shot. Their shot. Welcome to the first  episode  of WCAT, a podcast dedicated to helping blind and disabled people launch their careers in digital accessibility. Bee and Ellie will be spilling all the Tea, shedding li...

Nobody talks enough about what unemployment feels like when you're blind. So we did. This week, we're dropping the very first episode of the WCATea Podcast.  Bee Yang and Ellie Alvarado are talking about blindness, careers, and the moments that quietly change your life. Join us as we spill all the Tea, on the W C A Tea podcast! Subscribe. Share it. Tag us. And if you're as hyped as someone finally...