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Digital accessibility has become non-negotiable for websites and applications used across the world from healthcare to education and public services. Despite having the right tools and standards in place, accessibility is often checked at a later stage leading to developer frustration, fragmented fixes, and a dissatisfied user experience for users with disabilities. Existing practices fail to bridge the gap between evaluated issues and implementation of those insights. To advance the current state of methodologies, this review evaluates recent publications, compares existing methodologies, and addresses the critical challenges and future opportunities facing the industry.A basic understanding of digital accessibility is provided, with a focus on the growing importance of developing inclusive digital platforms. It discusses why accessibility checkpoints should be considered during the transition between the design and development phases rather than being treated as a final checklist item. The selected studies collectively explore different accessibility evaluation methods, including automated tools, expert reviews and manual checks, but they are not integrating the findings into early stages of design and a part of development workflow.Through this, the review aims to present how these methods contribute to identifying accessibility barriers and supporting more inclusive user interaction and user experience design practices.