Accessibility is no longer optional
Lately, accessibility has become a recurring topic in our conversations. And it’s no coincidence: since June 2025, the European Accessibility Act has been in force across the European Union. From that moment on, any company offering digital products or services must ensure their experiences are accessible.
The law has brought accessibility into the business conversation and has prompted many companies to take action. However, real change begins when design starts by thinking about real people, with different contexts, limitations, and needs.
At Cocota, we’ve been seeing this in our projects for some time: when accessibility is considered from the start, the experience improves for everyone. It’s not just about complying with a standard, but about designing better and reaching more people.
Designing for real people
Our responsibility is simple: to create environments that are clear, understandable, operable, and consistent. In other words, to design experiences that anyone can use without barriers.
This new regulation marks a shift: accessibility is finally recognized as an essential condition of any digital product or service.
And the data supports this need:
- As of 2024, approximately 96% of the world’s most important websites did not meet accessibility standards (WebAIM Million Report, 2024).
- 1 in 4 adults in Europe lives with some form of disability (Eurostat, European Union).
- 71% of people with disabilities leave a website that presents accessibility barriers (Click-Away Pound).
- And nearly 20% of European companies are still unaware of this law (Storyblok)
Design is also context
Every visual or structural decision we make influences how a person accesses, understands, and interacts with a website.
Thinking about accessibility means considering the different contexts in which someone uses a digital product: from someone browsing on a slow connection to someone who needs subtitles or uses a screen reader.
Every decision — proper contrast, clear text, a coherent structure — can make the difference between an accessible or a frustrating experience.
That’s why integrating accessibility from the beginning of the process is a way to ensure that everyone can be included. And in a saturated digital environment, that’s what builds trust and connection.
Designing so everyone can take part
At Cocota, we’ve been integrating accessibility into our processes for years, collaborating with professionals in the field who have enriched our work and shown us new ways of understanding design.
We’ve learned that accessibility is an attitude: a more conscious and more human way of working. It reminds us that every project can contribute to a more fair, inclusive, and sustainable digital environment.
That’s why we design websites that meet regulations and, above all, connect with people. We want to continue working with brands that believe in a more human, more useful, and more inclusive design.
Discover how we work here: https://cocotastudio.com/web-design/
