Ron Rateau

Creator and Founder of GetAccessible.com

Hello. My name is Ron Rateau and I am from Boston. I spent much of my adult life living in New York, NY; Washington,D.C.; Denver, CO; Cincinnati, OH; only to relocate back to New York about 5 years ago. I have worked in tech for 15 years in various accessibility states to include: FrontEnd, BackEnd, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI) and Assistive Technology. In my previous life, I was a technology teacher working in Special Education attempting to launch one of my many products with Accessibility in Mind. Welcome to Get Accessible - I am looking forward to meeting everyone on this platform.

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Before AI Was Trending, Accessibility Was Already There

Ron Rateau | March 10, 2026

Accessibility IntelligenceIf I told you 20 years ago that you could speak your words and watch them turn into text on a screen, would you have called that early AI? If I told you more than 30 years ago that a voice in your computer could read the web out loud, guide you through content, […]

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Accessibility Is a Puzzle, Not a Checkbox

Ron Rateau | January 26, 2026

Automated accessibility tools can identify issues, but they cannot determine real accessibility. True accessibility emerges from how users experience interaction, behavior, and meaning — not scan results.

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Prevention is Better than a Cure - Listening to Apple's notification on volume reduction

Ron Rateau | February 22, 2023

Apple’s focus on accessibility and hearing health has been a major benefit to many users who suffer from hearing loss or have other auditory impairments. The noise reduction notification feature in particular is an important step forward in protecting hearing health, as it ensures that users are aware when their volume is too loud and […]