How to become a Accessibility Specialist

Makes sure digital products work for people with disabilities.

Core skills

Guides for this path

Flagship project idea

Audit five popular student sites for accessibility and publish fixes with code examples.

JuniorRoute Pro turns this into a milestone-by-milestone build plan sized to your skill level.

Your path in

1
Learn the fundamentals
Get comfortable with wcag guidelines and screen readers. Free resources are enough to start. Consistency beats intensity.
2
Build a flagship project
Audit five popular student sites for accessibility and publish fixes with code examples.
3
Meet people in the role
Find 3–5 people working as a Accessibility Specialist and ask for 15-minute chats about how they broke in. JuniorRoute gives you outreach templates and a tracker.
4
Apply strategically
Target internships, apprenticeships and programs matched to your grade and experience, with a resume tailored to each posting.
5
Practice interviews
Run mock interviews specific to Accessibility Specialist roles, both technical and behavioral, and fix what the scorecard flags.

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