Ability Bazaar – Talent with Disabilities, Apps Without Barriers

The Problem

Millions of people with disabilities face barriers when accessing digital platforms, websites, and applications. At the same time, talented individuals with disabilities often encounter limited employment opportunities despite having valuable skills and lived experience.

Traditional automated accessibility tools can identify technical issues, but they cannot fully understand the real-world challenges faced by people who depend on assistive technologies.

Our Solution

Ability Bazaar is an inclusive digital marketplace designed to bridge the gap between digital accessibility and employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

The platform connects businesses and developers who need accessible digital products with skilled accessibility testers and creators with disabilities. It combines AI-assisted workflows with human expertise to help identify accessibility barriers and improve digital experiences.

How It Works

Customer Requests: Businesses submit accessibility audits, testing requests, or digital product requirements.
AI Assistance: Google Gemini helps classify requests, prepare project scopes, generate testing plans, and assist with initial application drafts.
Automated Testing: Tools such as axe-core and browser automation identify potential accessibility issues.
Human Verification: Accessibility experts with disabilities conduct practical testing using assistive technologies, including screen readers.
Review and Delivery: Deliverables undergo human approval, while payment verification and transaction management are handled through deterministic backend logic.

Technology Stack

Frontend & Backend: Web application and Python Flask services.
Cloud Infrastructure: Google Cloud Run.
Database: Google Cloud Firestore.
AI: Google Gemini.
Accessibility Testing: axe-core and browser automation.
Payments: PayPal Orders API.

Social Impact

Ability Bazaar aims to make digital accessibility more human-centered while creating opportunities for people with disabilities to earn through their skills and expertise.

Our vision is to move beyond treating accessibility as a technical requirement and make it an opportunity for inclusion, employment, and innovation.

What's Next?

We aim to improve the marketplace, expand the accessibility testing network, introduce recurring accessibility monitoring, and build stronger mechanisms for transparent creator compensation.

Ability Bazaar believes that disability should never be a barrier to talent, opportunity, or digital participation.