The International Association of Accessibility Professionals is the primary professional body for people who work in digital accessibility, offering the industry’s most widely recognized certifications, standards resources, conferences, and networking opportunities for practitioners, consultants, and organizations building accessibility expertise internally.
Holding an IAAP certification, or working with a consultant who does, is increasingly treated as a baseline credibility signal in the accessibility industry, similar to how other technical fields rely on recognized professional certifications to validate hands-on expertise beyond self-reported experience alone.