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Re: form not presenting ideally with CSS disabled

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Apr 11, 2017 2:16PM

> I'm giving feedback on a webpage with an embedded form. With CSS disabled, most of the page is fine: all the content seems to be there, the order is clear. However, 2 things jump out at me.

WCAG 2 A/AA does not require that a page be usable with CSS disabled if you are making a claim that CSS is used in a accessibility supported way. It sounds like it likely is being used an accessibility supported way. To confirm you would need to make sure that hidden information is not seen by screen readers and other AT in the user agents (browsers) that you are claiming as the technology stack for conformance.

The current Section 508 does indicated that a page be readable without an associated stylesheet -- however, some but not all agencies interpret that older requirement that way.

Jonathan

Jonathan Avila
Chief Accessibility Officer
SSB BART Group 
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