a11y teacher edition W3C WCAG 2.2 & WCAG 3.0 draft reference
Plain English Accessibility Hub

Translating W3C Standards for Designers, Developers, QA & Product teams

โš ๏ธ W3C Working Draft Notice

WCAG 3.0 is an active W3C Working Draft in development by the AGWG. Requirements, assertions, the conformance model and reporting tiers are still being developed and may change. The latest published draft is the 10 September 2026 Working Draft; this site follows the editorsโ€™ draft, which also includes exploratory provisions.

exploratory Requirement

Visual Stimulation

Group: animation-and-movement • Guideline: avoid-physical-harm

Summary in Plain English

An exploratory requirement: visual intensity built out of density, colour, movement and similar factors can be reduced or turned off.

Why It Matters

Visually busy interfaces can overwhelm people with sensory processing differences, autism, migraine or cognitive disabilities, to the point where the content cannot be used at all.

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