why cognitive accessibility will redefine industry standards

Описание: Cognitive Accessibility Explained: Why Governance Is the Next Industry Shift

In this video, Richard Price (CEO) unpacks and responds to the academic work of Gareth Slinn, exploring why cognitive accessibility has become one of the most critical and least understood challenges facing the digital industry today.

Based on Gareth Slinn’s academic paper Cognitive Accessibility Governance: Closing the Capability Gap, this discussion looks beyond traditional accessibility compliance to examine why organisations continue to fail users cognitively, despite more than 25 years of established standards like WCAG.

Richard explains:

What cognitive accessibility actually means in real-world digital systems

Why cognitive and neurological differences affect a significant proportion of users and employees

Why technical compliance alone has not delivered meaningful accessibility outcomes

How rising digital complexity, AI-driven interfaces, and time pressure amplify cognitive exclusion

Why governance, ownership, and organisational capability are now essential

How emerging standards like WCAG 3.0 and regulation (including the European Accessibility Act) signal a shift toward outcome-based assessment

This is not a UX-only conversation. It’s about industry readiness, risk, and responsibility.

The video reframes cognitive accessibility as a systems and governance issue, not a late-stage design fix and explains why organisations that fail to adapt will struggle to meet both regulatory and human expectations in the years ahead.

Who this is for:

CEOs and senior leaders

Accessibility, inclusion, and governance professionals

Product, UX, and engineering leaders

Organisations preparing for WCAG 3.0 and accessibility regulation

Anyone interested in cognitive accessibility, neurodiversity, and digital inclusion

Referenced work:
Cognitive Accessibility Governance: Closing the Capability Gap — Gareth Slinn

Topics:
Cognitive accessibility, accessibility governance, neurodiversity, WCAG, WCAG 3.0, digital accessibility, inclusion, accessibility regulation, organisational capability, Gareth Slinn cognitive accessibility