diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte
index 721831df..592fdd7d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ onMount(() => {
 
 	editor = new Editor({
 		element: editorEl,
+		// Initial editable state honors the `disabled` prop. The reactive
+		// $effect below keeps it in sync if the prop flips after mount —
+		// without this, a keyboard user can tab into the contenteditable
+		// even when the wrapper has pointer-events-none (WCAG 2.1.1).
+		editable: !disabled,
 		extensions: [
 			StarterKit.configure({
 				heading: false,
@@ -232,11 +237,19 @@ onMount(() => {
 onDestroy(() => {
 	editor?.destroy();
 });
+
+// Keep editor in sync with the reactive `disabled` prop. Tiptap's setEditable
+// flips contenteditable on the inner DOM and stops accepting input — matches
+// the textarea's old `disabled` semantics for keyboard users (WCAG 2.1.1).
+$effect(() => {
+	editor?.setEditable(!disabled);
+});
 </script>
 
 <div
 	class="relative rounded-sm border border-transparent focus-within:border-brand-mint focus-within:ring-2 focus-within:ring-brand-mint/40"
 	class:opacity-50={disabled}
 	class:pointer-events-none={disabled}
+	aria-disabled={disabled ? 'true' : undefined}
 	bind:this={editorEl}
 ></div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte.spec.ts
index 39a1dc15..b56f4db6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ function mockFetchEmpty() {
 
 type Snapshot = { value: string; mentionedPersons: PersonMention[] };
 
-function renderHost(initial: { value?: string; mentionedPersons?: PersonMention[] } = {}) {
+function renderHost(
+	initial: { value?: string; mentionedPersons?: PersonMention[]; disabled?: boolean } = {}
+) {
 	let snapshot: Snapshot = {
 		value: initial.value ?? '',
 		mentionedPersons: initial.mentionedPersons ?? []
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ function renderHost(initial: { value?: string; mentionedPersons?: PersonMention[
 	render(PersonMentionEditorHost, {
 		initialValue: initial.value ?? '',
 		initialMentions: initial.mentionedPersons ?? [],
+		disabled: initial.disabled ?? false,
 		onChange: (snap: Snapshot) => {
 			snapshot = snap;
 		}
@@ -280,6 +283,39 @@ describe('PersonMentionEditor — keyboard navigation', () => {
 	});
 });
 
+// ─── Disabled state (WCAG 2.1.1 — keyboard users) ────────────────────────────
+
+describe('PersonMentionEditor — disabled state', () => {
+	it('sets contenteditable=false on the editor when disabled', async () => {
+		renderHost({ value: 'Bestehender Text', disabled: true });
+
+		await vi.waitFor(() => {
+			const textbox = document.querySelector('[role="textbox"]') as HTMLElement | null;
+			expect(textbox).not.toBeNull();
+			expect(textbox!.getAttribute('contenteditable')).toBe('false');
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('exposes aria-disabled=true on the editor wrapper when disabled', async () => {
+		renderHost({ disabled: true });
+
+		await vi.waitFor(() => {
+			const wrapper = document.querySelector('[aria-disabled="true"]');
+			expect(wrapper).not.toBeNull();
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('keeps the editor editable (contenteditable=true) when not disabled', async () => {
+		renderHost({ disabled: false });
+
+		await vi.waitFor(() => {
+			const textbox = document.querySelector('[role="textbox"]') as HTMLElement | null;
+			expect(textbox).not.toBeNull();
+			expect(textbox!.getAttribute('contenteditable')).toBe('true');
+		});
+	});
+});
+
 // ─── Touch target (WCAG 2.2 AA) ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe('PersonMentionEditor — touch target', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.test-host.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.test-host.svelte
index e608d694..cdc31df0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.test-host.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/PersonMentionEditor.test-host.svelte
@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ type Props = {
 	initialValue?: string;
 	initialMentions?: PersonMention[];
 	placeholder?: string;
+	disabled?: boolean;
 	onChange: (snapshot: { value: string; mentionedPersons: PersonMention[] }) => void;
 };
 
-let { initialValue = '', initialMentions = [], placeholder, onChange }: Props = $props();
+let {
+	initialValue = '',
+	initialMentions = [],
+	placeholder,
+	disabled = false,
+	onChange
+}: Props = $props();
 
 // initial* props seed mount-time state; reading them inside untrack signals
 // the intentional one-shot capture and silences state_referenced_locally.
@@ -28,4 +35,5 @@ $effect(() => {
 	bind:value={value}
 	bind:mentionedPersons={mentionedPersons}
 	placeholder={placeholder}
+	disabled={disabled}
 />