Arias Badia, BlancaBestard-Bou, Joan JosepHermosa-Ramírez, Irene2024-06-252024-06-252022Arias-Badia B, Bestard-Bou JJ, Hermosa-Ramírez I. Designing, making, and validating accessible products and services. Journal of Audiovisual Translation. 2022 Dec 21;5(2):57–75. DOI: 10.47476/jat.v5i2.2022.2292617-9148http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60570Participatory accessibility, i.e., the involvement of users in the design, making, and validation of accessible products and services, has been encouraged under the premise that it would ultimately prove beneficial both in terms of usability and user satisfaction. This article examines the role of users and Disabled People Organisations (DPOs) in the design and validation of access services by providing the results of four in-depth interviews with representatives of non-profit organisations active in Catalonia. The main topics covered in the interviews include users’ views on design, production, and validation processes, the training and professionalisation of user consultants and validators, and users’ input on standards. The results show that users are mainly involved in validation actions today. They are only rarely considered in early stages of the production chain. DPOs see the occasional exceptions to this trend as a positive indicator that processes may change in the near future. They demand the true integration of persons with disabilities in all the links in the production chain and, crucially, in management positions, as the only way to effectively cater for users’ needs.application/pdfeng©2022 Arias-Badia, Bestard-Bou & Hermosa-Ramírez. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.47476/jat.v5i2.2022.229Participatory accessibilityAccessibility validationAccessibility consultancyUsers’ professionalisationPersons with disabilitiesDisabled people organisationsCosultancyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess