---
id: anna-a11y-lost
kind: work
title: "How accessibility gets lost between base and product design systems"
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-07-20"
url: "https://zeroheight.com/blog/how-accessibility-gets-lost-between-base-and-product-design-systems/"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/anna-a11y-lost.md
---

# How accessibility gets lost between base and product design systems

## Edges

- about -> Accessibility under generation, Adoption and mandate, Component contracts
- <- authored <- Anna E. Cook
- <- published <- zeroheight