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From: Laurence Lewis
Date: Apr 28, 2023 10:43PM

Thanks for the responses. My takeaway is, If multiple accordions are
present, it makes sense to provide a named region for each accordion group.
There seems to be more pros than cons.

Each accordion group needs a group heading, regardless of whether the group
is a named region or not.

Laurence

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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Section 508 training/conference
> Hi, Claire,
> The GSA Section 508 interagency forum is always great! But then I have
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> Hello! What in-person/online trainings or conferences is everyone
> participating in?
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> I've completed DHS Trusted Tester in 2020 (I'd love a refresh/update),
> WebAIM's virtual web accessibility training, and a bunch of various other
> online webinars ... but naturally, I'm looking for more, what can you folks
> suggest?
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> Also, I saw the Annual Interagency Accessibility Forum is scheduled for
> Nov 7-9, 2023 https://www.section508.gov/iaaf/ - has anyone previously
> attended this?
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> Thank you so much!
> Claire
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Section 508 training/conference
> Hi Claire,
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> I've attended and assisted with some of the backend setup with IAAF. It is
> foe federal employees and contractors, and there is a vendor hall usually.
> A great event for employees and contractors.
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> > Hello! What in-person/online trainings or conferences is everyone
> > participating in?
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> > I've completed DHS Trusted Tester in 2020 (I'd love a refresh/update),
> > WebAIM's virtual web accessibility training, and a bunch of various other
> > online webinars ... but naturally, I'm looking for more, what can you
> folks
> > suggest?
> >
> > Also, I saw the Annual Interagency Accessibility Forum is scheduled for
> > Nov 7-9, 2023 https://www.section508.gov/iaaf/ - has anyone previously
> > attended this?
> >
> > Thank you so much!
> > Claire
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> > Claire Forbes
> > Training & Section 508 Specialist
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> > Victor 12, Inc.
> > 2420 Lakemont Ave. Suite 175
> > ​Orlando, Fl. 32814
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> > Tel: 407-612-6011 x119
> > Fax: 407-985-1980
> > Web: www.victor12.com
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> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:28:13 +0200
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accordion Group and Role Region
> Consider grouping the compartments of the accordion in a list!
> <ul style="list-style-type: none; " >
> Benefit:
> The screen reader announces the *number* of compartments in the accordion.
> Disadvantage (?):
> You cannot use aria-label on <ul>, so you have to put the accordion under
> a heading which might be a promising idea anyway. (The aria-label-content
> is only available for AT.)
>
> Wolfgang
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> Grouping has other benefits. If you give the group a sensible name, a
> screen reader user will know they are entering an accordion before they
> even get there. If you don't group it, the user will have to work out what
> it is. Remember that they don't have a holistic view of the page like
> sighted people do. They encounter one element at a time and have to
> progressively build up a mental model of the content. Anything you can do
> to help them see ahead is useful. This only happens with a few elements,
> such as lists, fieldsets, tables and groups.
>
> Also, the group and its name will be announced if the user jumps to
> somewhere in the middle of the group or if they navigate backwards into it.
> This can help orientate them and provide some content about where they have
> landed.
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> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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> As Geetha said, you generally don't need a region container around the
> accordion since a user can navigate by heading or button. However, if you
> have several accordions on your page and you want to distinguish them from
> each other and allow the user to quickly navigate to each accordion, then a
> region might make sense.
>
> If the user navigates by heading or button, they'll have to go through
> each heading or button in each accordion (as well as any other headings or
> buttons on the page) before getting to the next accordion. Navigating by
> region (assuming it has an accessible name) could make it faster to
> navigate directly to the accordion and bypass all the headings and buttons
> within each accordion. But that also assumes you don't have regions around
> other parts of the page that might get in the way of navigating to the next
> accordion region.
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