Is the Web page free from any blinking or updating of the screen that causes flicker?
Questions 16 and 17 related to Guideline 7 of the WAI Guidelines, which states: Ensure that moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating objects or pages may be paused or stopped. The importance of these requirements is explained in the WAI Guidelines: Some people with cognitive or visual disabilities are unable to read moving text quickly enough or at all. Movement can also cause such a distraction that the rest of the page becomes unreadable for people with cognitive disabilities. Screen readers are unable to read moving text. People with physical disabilities might not be able to move quickly or accurately enough to interact with moving objects. Question 16 relates to the ability of users with cognitive impairments, learning disabilities, and some disabilities affecting manual dexterity to access two different kinds of Web pages: • Auto-refreshing pages are Web pages that update or change automatically after a specified time period. Web developers use such pages for a variety of re