To empower individuals and organizations to create truly inclusive digital and physical environments by providing expert accessibility consulting, training, and solutions that meet or exceed compliance standards and enhance the user experience for everyone.
Individuals
Guidance and solutions for people who want the places and technology they use to work for everyone.
Organizations
Consulting, training, and solutions that build accessibility into your digital and physical environments.
Four ways we work with you — pick the one that fits, or combine them into a full program for your organization.
Accessibility Consulting
Expert guidance on making digital and physical environments inclusive and compliant, with practical recommendations you can act on.
• Website and digital accessibility audits
• Physical space and facility assessments
• Clear, prioritized action plans
Training
A11yVets training builds real capability in your team, organized in four tracks:
Fundamentals and User Perspectives — How people with visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive disabilities navigate digital and physical spaces; assistive technology such as screen readers, switch devices, and voice control; the POUR principles; universal design, inclusive design, and compliance; and the business case and ROI of accessibility.
Standards and Legal Frameworks — WCAG 2.1 and 2.2; the ADA; Section 508 and Section 504; the CVAA; EN 301 549; the AODA; and Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACRs) and VPATs — creating, evaluating, and interpreting them.
Role-Specific Technical Training — For developers: semantic HTML, WAI-ARIA, keyboard navigation, focus management, and accessible mobile apps. For designers: contrast, typography, predictable layouts, reading order, and accessible UI/UX patterns. For content authors and marketers: alt text, heading structure, accessible social media, and descriptive link text. For document and multimedia specialists: accessible Word documents and PDFs, presentations, captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions.
Testing, Evaluation, and Governance — Manual and automated testing; screen reader testing with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack; WCAG-EM evaluation methodology; and sustaining accessibility in CI/CD, vendor procurement, and internal governance.
Training is available both in-person and virtually.
Solutions
Hands-on solutions tailored to your environment, designed to meet or exceed compliance standards and enhance the user experience for everyone.
Accessibility audit report — An evaluation of a website, app, or digital service with the barriers found, prioritized by importance.
Remediation roadmap — A step-by-step plan for fixing those barriers and checking the fixes.
ACR/VPAT support — Help preparing or reviewing an Accessibility Conformance Report after a product is evaluated.
Accessible documents — Word documents, PDFs, presentations, forms, captions, transcripts, or audio descriptions brought up to standard.
Physical-space recommendations — Practical changes for entrances, routes, signage, counters, and other parts of a physical environment.
Procurement and governance support — Accessibility requirements and checklists for buying technology, choosing vendors, and keeping accessibility from slipping afterward.
Speaking & Presentations
Donald is an experienced speaker and presenter on accessibility, inclusion, and veterans' issues.
• Presentations for veterans service organizations, government agencies, labor unions, and professional associations
• Conference and event speaking
• Congressional testimony and hundreds of media interviews
Accessibility isn't a one-time project. It's a way of working — and we help you build it step by step.
Assess — We look at your digital and physical environments the way real people experience them — including people who use assistive technology every day.
Build — We turn findings into fixes: practical, prioritized, and sized to your team — so progress starts now, not someday.
Sustain — Training and follow-through keep accessibility in place as your team, your site, and your spaces keep changing.
Compliance is the floor, not the ceiling. We focus on the real people using your website, your building, and your services — because accessibility done right is a better experience for everyone.
Accessibility work is measured against recognized standards for digital and physical environments. These are the reference points behind 'meet or exceed compliance.'
WCAG — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines for digital content
ADA — Americans with Disabilities Act requirements
Section 508 — Accessibility for federal digital services and technology
Section 504 — Accessibility for programs and services receiving federal funding
CVAA — 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act requirements
EN 301 549 — European accessibility standard for digital products and services
AODA — Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act requirements
Inclusive Design — Built with — not just for — people with disabilities
A11yVets is a veteran-owned accessibility consulting organization based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, led by Donald D. Overton Jr., President & CEO. Donald served as Executive Director of the Blinded Veterans Association from 2020 to 2025, following leadership roles in veterans' advocacy, government relations, and nonprofit organizations. A U.S. Army veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, he served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and was medically retired in 1992. He holds a Bachelor of Social Work from East Carolina University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, and he has provided congressional testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Meet Donald Overton
Donald D. Overton Jr.
President & CEO, A11yVets · U.S. Army (Ret.)
Credentials at a glance
President & CEO, A11yVets (2025–present)
Executive Director, Blinded Veterans Association (2020–2025)
U.S. Army veteran, 82nd Airborne Division
Bachelor of Social Work, East Carolina University — Magna Cum Laude
Congressional testimony, U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
