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Accessibility

Designing products so disabled people can use them, including people using screen readers, keyboards or magnification. WCAG is the international standard most organisations aim to meet.

A plain-English explanation of how this usually works, not legal advice. Rules differ between countries and change over time, so check your own situation. Disclaimer.

You'll hear it as

The new checkout fails accessibility checks: you can't complete it with a keyboard.

Why it matters to you.

Accessible design is usually better design for everyone, and in many cases it's a legal requirement.

Also called WCAG.

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