diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35ca5c40a..d24a9218b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🔒️(summary) redact meeting content from Sentry events
 - 🐛(frontend) hide tooltips until they have a computed placement
 - 🐛(brevo) use django-lasuite for marketing management
+- ♿️(frontend) expose loading state to assistive technology
 
 ## [1.33.0] - 2026-09-30
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/LoadingScreen.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/LoadingScreen.tsx
index a4989ba62..11c9ad5f6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/LoadingScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/LoadingScreen.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ export const LoadingScreen = ({
       <Screen layout={layout} header={header} footer={footer}>
         <CenteredContent>
           <Center>
-            <p>{t('loading')}</p>
+            <p role="status" aria-live="polite">
+              {t('loading')}
+            </p>
           </Center>
         </CenteredContent>
       </Screen>