In reply to Joe Dolson.

I guess the main thing which has changed since the initial a11y spike in 2020 is that we’ve kept on top of it – e.g. going from WCAG AA to AAA, and we review all PRs for a11y impact, and have entirely rewritten the Element mobile clients to have best in class a11y (which was one of the main drivers for the rewrite). Needless to say, we categorically wouldn’t want WP contributors with disabilities to be disadvantaged by a move from Slack… but from what I understand, Element should be at least as good as Slack for screenreaders etc.

I’ll go hunt down the convo in the WP Slack instance; thanks for identifying it.