Digital accessibility makes our society more inclusive

Over 1 billion people live with disabilities. Fable is helping the world’s largest organizations go beyond worrying about accessibility compliance, to building exceptional, accessible digital user experiences for everyone.

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Digital accessibility makes our society more inclusive

Over 1 billion people live with disabilities. Fable is helping the world’s largest organizations go beyond worrying about accessibility compliance, to building exceptional, accessible digital user experiences for everyone.

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“Enter Fable, an online platform where digital teams can engage people with disabilities in research and on-demand user testing… Companies have used Fable to make voting, banking, learning and shopping more accessible.”
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“Enter Fable, an online platform where digital teams can engage people with disabilities in research and on-demand user testing… Companies have used Fable to make voting, banking, learning and shopping more accessible.”

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When you don’t experience the problem, you don’t solve for the problem.

Often, the process of building accessible products doesn’t include the people who experience the challenges of inaccessibility. The lack of diversity, accessibility knowledge, and access to people with disabilities results in product teams leaving users behind.

We’re changing the way teams think about building products.

We enable accessibility managers, user researchers, designers, and developers to connect remotely and on-demand to people with disabilities who are assistive technology users. We also provide full-service training, embedded research programs and expert-led workshops that help companies operationalize accessibility and move beyond compliance.

Leadership

Co-founders Alwar and Abid met when they began their Masters of Inclusive Design. They wanted to not only preach inclusive design, but to actually practice it, leading them one of their first projects: making e-publications accessible.

They hired testers with disabilities and developers and put everyone in the same room. The developers observed and learned how the testers used technology, what worked, and what didn’t.

Alwar and Abid soon realized that they were actually changing the way people think about how they build products. This led them to Fable – bringing the voices of people with disabilities into the product development process and decision-making.

Alwar Pillai
Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder

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Abid Virani
Chief Operations Officer, Co-founder

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Powered by people with disabilities

Our community of testers and survey respondents with disabilities is at the core of what we do. We employ and train adults living with disabilities, including assistive technology users, to share their digital accessibility experiences with companies that care.

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The values we live and work by

Our goal is to empower people with disabilities to participate, contribute, and shape society.

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To lead, listen first

Amplify voices that are less often heard and create space for those voices to grow. The quality of an idea doesn’t correlate with the loudness of someone’s voice.

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The brain is a muscle

If you are going to do something, do it well. Practice often and rest when needed. Give your mind what it needs to thrive.​

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Unlearn to learn

What did we learn growing up, and what do we need to unlearn? It’s essential to understanding our personal bias and position so that we can grow.

The values we live and work by

Our goal is to empower people with disabilities to participate, contribute, and shape society.

Illustration of a speech bubble in the foreground, connected by a path to a flagpole.

To lead, listen first

Amplify voices that are less often heard and create space for those voices to grow. The quality of an idea doesn’t correlate with the loudness of someone’s voice.

illustration of a pink brain on top of the pages of an open book

The brain is a muscle

If you are going to do something, do it well. Practice often and rest when needed. Give your mind what it needs to thrive.​

illustration of a link of chains, broken in two at the middle

Unlearn to learn

What did we learn growing up, and what do we need to unlearn? It’s essential to understanding our personal bias and position so that we can grow.

Inclusion drives innovation

Inclusive Design considers the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age, and other forms of human difference. It challenges the status quo and helps to build products that are more functional, adaptive and customizable.

By recognizing the unique qualifications of each person and practicing inclusive processes, it’s possible to have a broad and complex impact on societal systems. When we do that, we end up with products that are way more robust, way more customizable, way more adaptable, and ultimately innovative.

Learn more about innovation at Fable

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Thought leaders

Sam Proulx
Accessibility Evangelist

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Kate Kalcevich
Head of Accessibility Innovation

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Amber Knabl
Senior Manager, Accessibility Strategy

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Elana Chapman
Senior Manager, Accessibility Research

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Working at Fable

Our team is made up of accessibility experts, researchers, technologists, customer success managers, and more. We come together to tackle challenges, share knowledge, and drive accessibility forward.

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Awards and recognition

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Awards

WSA logo
MIT-solve-logo
Zero project logo
Linkedin Top 2023 Startups Canada logo
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2023 Canada logo
Fast Company Most Innovative Companies 2023 logo