Wilco Fiers

Director of Accessibility Automation

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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Accessibility Compliance Matters W3C unveils 174 new outcomes for WCAG 3.0

For Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) this year, the W3C is publishing its latest draft of WCAG 3.0, adding 174 new outcomes. Learn more about what this means to you.

Accessibility Best Practices 301,549 ways to improve accessibility: EN 301 549

WCAG's guidelines are not always the best fit for every digital product, and often more is needed. This is where EN 301 549 comes to the rescue.

Accessibility Best Practices WCAG 2.2 Removes 4.1.1 Parsing and How axe-core is Impacted

Earlier this year, for the first time ever the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) proposed to remove a success criterion from WCAG 2. Success Criterion…

Accessibility in the News W3C Publishes WCAG Testers Consistency List

If you’ve used 2 different accessibility testing tools, you may have noticed that the results can vary. To try & improve this, the W3C created ACT Rules.

Company News & Updates Axe-core 4.5: First WCAG 2.2 Support and More

Axe-core version 4.5.0 is here, which significantly improves axe-core’s support for new World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) resources.

Accessibility Compliance Matters Why WCAG 2.2 is still in the oven

When is WCAG 2.2 coming out? June of 2021 has come and gone, and now we're expecting September 2022. Let's discuss why.

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