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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 11, 2025 5:22AM

I typically discourage disabling form controls, let the users make the
mistakes and use informative error messages to assist them in correcting
those mistakes.
I think for disabled dates it's a bit different.
Letting users navigate to unavailable dates can require a lot of extra
effort (e.g. with keyboard)

I think having text on the page that clearly states the available date
range + disabling dates outside of that range may be the most accessible
implementation.

Of course that's just my opinion and I don't have any data to back it up. ;)


On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM Rohith paul via WebAIM-Forum <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> How important it is to disable non-relevant (back/future) dates? As this
> might impact any type of users having low cognition level. Moreover,
> cognition level is yet to get standardised with WCAG.
>
> Looking forward on your thoughts..
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Rohitangshu
>
>

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