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.
Posts from Wilco
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W3C Publishes WCAG Testers Consistency List
If you’ve ever used two different accessibility testing tools, you will likely have noticed that the results can vary significantly. This is, in part, because…
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Axe-core 4.5: First WCAG 2.2 Support and More
Accessibility standards are very important. When my colleagues and I are not busy testing, teaching, or building tools, you can find us participating in the…
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Why WCAG 2.2 is still in the oven
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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EU Runs World’s Largest Accessibility Test
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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Axe Updates: Deque releases axe-core 4.2
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
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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