Please consider the following HTML markup: <label class="required" for="email-address"> Email Address <span class="audible">Required</span> </la...

As per the WCAG and section 508, all the informations on a website must be accessible using only the keyboard. I have a google maps with some markers on it that open a modal with dedicated informa...

I get that using placeholder text as a label is not very accessible, but does it technically go against WCAG 2? I could not find anything explicit but I wonder if a more lawyerly reading of that st...

When using the "label for" parameter on radio buttons, to be 508 compliant*, is the following correct? <label for="button one"><input type="radio" name="group1" id="r1" value="1" /> b...

In many designs, a number of headings may appear in the header, footer, or other global elements of a website. One example would be denoting "Contact Us," "Our Address," and similar sections in the...

A button with an aria-label: <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Sort"> <i class="fa fa-arrows"></i> </button&gt...

Background I have small project on GitHub in which I am trying to create a section 508 compliant (section508.gov) PDF which has form elements within a complex table structure. The tool recommended...

We'd like to run a scan on our site that returns a report with the following: each image tag found and a visual representation of that image on the report the alt attribute for that image (...

One of our web applications just went through 508 compliance testing. We use TinyMCE version 3 for content development and I understand it generally has good accessibility. However, one of our page...

Say I have a set of radio <input>s. I'm not a caveman, so I know I need to associate <label> with those <input>s. I'm fond of wrapping the radio buttons within their corresponding...

Are there any good guides on making WPF applications 508 compliant? For example, does every text input box need to be associated with a label via some tag type like with webpages?

I think I understand HOW Javascript has to work in order to be O.K. for section 508. But I have been unable to find an answer to a related question: does my site need to work WITHOUT Javascript in ...

I am working on an asp.net website that needs to be section 508 compliant. I'm confused as if I'm supposed to use JavaScript or not at all. Can I even use jQuery's slideUp()/slideDown() to show/hi...

Is the title attribute for links required for 508 compliance or does the text in the link suffice? Thanks!

With more and more people using things like Backbone, Ember and other JS MVC type frameworks, more and more HTML DOMs are being built dynamically with the first HTML page only containing a "root" e...

I researched a lot on this and seem to be getting conflicting answers on SO and all of the web. I understand that with Section 508 that compliance DOES NOT equal accessibility. Biggest thing is t...

I have spent a lot of time researching this, but perhaps someone point me in the right direction. In need of building an MVC 4 website in which it is 508 Compliant. I did some 508 compliance testin...

In the spirit of progressive enhancement, I'd like to do some ARIA capabilities testing to implement additional enhancements if they're supported by the browser. I'm not looking to detect screen re...

I am working on a site that has a lot of content that is displayed by clicking on tabs. Does anyone know if this is Section 508 compliant (specifically for blind users with a screen reader)? My mai...

One of the projects I am currently working on has customer requirements for IE7 and 508 compliance. This customer currently uses JAWS version 9 and is making requests which I am told are impossible...

What kind of tooling support or helpers does VS2010 or .NET 4.0 provide to developers in the way of accessibility? Anything new for creating 508-compliant markup? Anything new in the way of sup...

How do I make an Ajax Loading Indicator Accessible / 508 compliant. My pre-compliance strategy is like so: initiate ajax request, set timeout to show an indicator(div containing a paragraph with te...

I am trying to make my Ajax-enabled table pagination 508-compliant (accessible using JAWS version 9). I have a table header cell with a link which executes a jQuery ajax request onclick with a call...

I researched at google and found many confusing, looooong explanations for Section 508! made me even more confused. very simply, what is this Section 508?

If I want to have a question with a "Yes/No" radio button. How do I need to mark up the code so that a screen reader reads the question associated with the "yes/no" selection instead of just readin...