Director of Accessibility Automation

Wilco Fiers

Wilco has been in the field of accessibility for 18 years, and is the product manager of Deque’s advanced rules, and previously of Axe-core and Axe linter. He has a leading role at the W3C as Deque’s advisory committee representative, facilitator of the ACT Task Force, and former project manager of WCAG 3.0. On behalf of Deque, Wilco managed the EU-funded accessibility projects WAI-Tools & WAI-Coop, and regularly does public speaking on various topics related to digital accessibility.

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Posts from Wilco

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Why WCAG 2.2 is still in the oven

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May 11, 2022 By Wilco Fiers

Back in 2020 I wrote about What to Expect From WCAG 2.2. At the time, the W3C’s Accessibility Guidelines Working Group was expecting WCAG 2.2…

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wcag 2.2 oven

EU Runs World’s Largest Accessibility Test

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February 1, 2022 By Wilco Fiers

While many of us were getting ready for the 2021 holidays, governments throughout Europe were racing to put the final touches on the first reports…

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EU a11y blog

Axe Updates: Deque releases axe-core 4.2

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April 27, 2021 By Wilco Fiers

We’re excited to announce another big update to axe-core. Axe-core 4.2 includes 4 new rules, improved security features, bug fixes, new methods to make building…

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First Public Working Draft of WCAG 3.0, A Brief History

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January 25, 2021 By Wilco Fiers

In part 1 of this series we looked at the proposed structure for W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0, and how you can provide feedback. To…

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path to wcag 3

What to Expect From The First Public Working Draft of WCAG 3.0

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January 21, 2021 By Wilco Fiers

Today marks a milestone in digital accessibility, where the W3C announces the first public working draft of the W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0. WCAG is…

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Deque releases axe-core 4.1

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November 16, 2020 By Wilco Fiers

Today Deque released version 4.1.0 of axe-core. The goal of this release was to address long-standing issues and gaps. This involved adding several new rules…

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axe core 4.1