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Delete accordion issue in accessibility statement #1825

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Expand Up @@ -42,22 +42,10 @@ GDS is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Publi

### Compliance status

The Design System website at [https://design-system.service.gov.uk/](/) is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The Design System website at [https://design-system.service.gov.uk/](/) is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA standard.

The GOV.UK Frontend documentation website at [http://frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/](https://frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/) is fully compliant with the WCAG 2.1 AA standard.

### Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

#### Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The Design System website at [https://design-system.service.gov.uk/](/) is partially compliant due to the following non-compliances:

- the section headings in accordions can be mistaken for links, but are treated as buttons - this fails [WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/info-and-relationships)

We plan to fix this accessibility issue by 31 December 2021.

### How this website has been tested for accessibility

The Design System website was last tested on 7 October 2019. The test was carried out by the [Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC)](https://digitalaccessibilitycentre.org/).
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