# Khushwant Parihar

> Web Accessibility Specialist with 4+ years conducting accessibility audits, implementing WCAG 2.1/2.2 compliance, and building scalable accessibility platforms.

## About
- Name: Khushwant Parihar
- Role: Web Accessibility Specialist
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Services URL: https://khushwantparihar.com/services
- Contact: mailto:kgpkhushwant1@gmail.com

## Core Expertise
- Accessibility audits and compliance mapping
- Remediation support in active delivery cycles
- Accessibility QA and release gates
- Design system accessibility hardening
- Team enablement and role-based training

## Standards
- WCAG 2.2
- Section 508
- ADA
- EAA / WAD

## Service Pages
- [Accessibility Audit & Compliance](https://khushwantparihar.com/services/accessibility-audit-compliance): Manual + automated audits mapped to WCAG 2.2, Section 508, ADA, and EAA/WAD expectations with clear severity and business risk context.
- [Remediation Partnership](https://khushwantparihar.com/services/remediation-partnership): Hands-on remediation support for keyboard, semantics, focus management, ARIA patterns, and accessibility behavior during active delivery cycles.
- [Design System Hardening](https://khushwantparihar.com/services/design-system-hardening): Accessible component standards, interaction rules, and acceptance criteria so teams can build compliant UI by default.
- [Accessibility QA & Release Gates](https://khushwantparihar.com/services/accessibility-qa-release-gates): Accessibility-focused QA strategy and release controls that catch defects earlier and reduce rework during production milestones.
- [Team Enablement & Training](https://khushwantparihar.com/services/team-enablement-training): Practical, role-based training for designers, developers, and QA teams to align implementation quality and review confidence.

## Engagement Models
- Audit Sprint (1–3 weeks, fixed scope): One product surface, pre-launch or pre-compliance review.
- Remediation Partnership (Monthly, embedded in sprint workflow): Teams with known accessibility debt and active delivery cycles.
- Retainer (Ongoing, fixed hours per month): Design system owners and platform teams scaling accessibility ownership.

## Writing
- [A practical WCAG 2.2 audit methodology that survives engineering review](https://khushwantparihar.com/blog/wcag-2-2-audit-methodology): How I structure a WCAG 2.2 audit so findings are reproducible, severity is defensible, and the remediation roadmap maps cleanly to a sprint backlog.

## Direct Routes
- [Contact](https://khushwantparihar.com/contact): start an engagement
- [Resume](https://khushwantparihar.com/resume): full work history
- [Writing](https://khushwantparihar.com/blog): methodology and case-study notes

## Machine-Readable Endpoints
- [knowledge.json](https://khushwantparihar.com/knowledge.json)
- [sitemap.xml](https://khushwantparihar.com/sitemap.xml)