Perspectives
Standards, research, platform guidance, first-person accounts and interpretation answer different questions. No Default keeps those source types visible instead of blending them into one voice.
Standards + user evaluation
W3C recommends combining standards-based evaluation with evaluation involving disabled people, while warning against generalising from one participant.
Source: W3C WAI — Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility
Reviewed 7 Oct 2026
Guidance beyond conformance
W3C’s cognitive accessibility resources distinguish normative standards from supplemental, informative guidance intended to meet more user needs.
Source: W3C WAI — Cognitive Accessibility at W3C
Reviewed 7 Oct 2026
User diversity
Disabled people differ in experience, preferences, adaptive strategies and assistive-technology configurations. First-person evidence should not be flattened into claims about an entire group.
Source: W3C WAI — Involving Users in Web Projects
Reviewed 7 Oct 2026
Platform guidance
Apple’s VoiceOver evaluation guidance expects proficient testing and recognises that experienced users may rely on advanced functionality. No Default therefore scopes AT evidence to the environment actually tested.
Source: Apple Developer — VoiceOver evaluation criteria
Reviewed 7 Oct 2026
No Default interpretation
Completion alone can hide additional effort, workarounds, repeated requests for help or recovery work. This is a working interpretation used across No Default and should be challenged where evidence does not support it.
Source: No Default — Barrier Library
Reviewed 7 Oct 2026