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

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

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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What to Expect From WCAG 2.2

October 1, 2020 By Wilco Fiers

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have been the standard for digital accessibility the world around for two decades. This autumn, the W3C is preparing…

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Axe-core 4.0 is Here!

August 4, 2020 By Wilco Fiers

Over the past few years, browsers like Firefox and Chrome have provided tools to better protect their users with advanced security features. The latest release…

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