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Re: [EXTERNAL]SC 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide - meaning of "starts automatically"

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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Mar 18, 2021 6:54AM

> I would assume the rationale is "well, if you find it distracting, just don't do it", and in part "it's not jumping at you/surprising you, you know what you're in for".

That can't be the rationale. WCAG would not sanction an approach of "If a function causes the application to be inaccessible to some users then tell them not to use it". Or "They should have know that this might prevent them from doing any other work, so that's okay".