# Former Microsoft Accessibility Consultant on Business Academy, Fractional Work, and Opportunities

- Channel: [The ADA Book](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnBOveah3DC9YmK4A_-J0BQ)
- Published: 2026-02-06
- Source video: [Watch on YouTube](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DOh0lM7rLds)
- Read on ReadTube: https://www.read.tube/p/videos/DOh0lM7rLds
- Language: Original (source language)

## Summary

**Accessibility Grows Beyond Compliance**

Kim Vigsbo says accessibility should be built in from the start, not added later, and that the biggest barrier is often basic understanding rather than technical execution. She also argues that fractional accessibility work and business-focused training create major opportunities for developers, project managers, and consultants as demand keeps rising.

Kim Vigsbo traces her path from building early webpages in 1995 to specializing in digital accessibility and ADA compliance in 2010, when she realized her own neurodiversity gave her a personal reason to make web experiences more inclusive. She describes accessibility as something that should be planned from day one, not treated as an add-on, and says her work now blends design, development, audits, VPATs, and consulting into one accessibility-centered practice.

She explains why she separated her businesses into Stonehill Media, Accessibility Consulting, and the Accessibility Business Academy. Stonehill Media remains her design operation, Accessibility Consulting focuses on hands-on accessibility services, and the Academy exists to help agencies, freelancers, and entrepreneurs build a business around accessibility without needing to start with deep technical knowledge. The Academy emphasizes the business, legal, and human sides of accessibility, along with client communication, terminology, outreach, and practical positioning.

- The Academy was created because many professionals asked for a simpler entry point into accessibility.
- Many members want help choosing a niche, especially if they are project managers or designers rather than developers.
- The program also supports white-label referrals and fractional accessibility work.
- Vigsbo sees strong demand for non-technical roles such as project management, policy, training, and strategy.
- She believes smaller companies can move faster than large enterprises, while large companies require patience and layered decision-making.
- She also points to European accessibility obligations, Section 508, ADA Title II updates, and ongoing layoffs as reasons fractional consulting is increasingly attractive.

Vigsbo says the most common problem she encounters is that many people simply do not understand accessibility well enough to start, which is why she is writing a non-technical book to explain the field in plain language. Her main advice for newcomers is to learn the three pillars of accessibility: the human case, the business case, and the legal case. Once those are understood, she says, people can more confidently position themselves in the field and build a service offering that matches real market demand.