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The accessibility guide · Motion and media

Sections that drift in as you scroll

Parallax drift makes guests with vestibular disorders queasy, and content that only appears on scroll can hide from screen readers and keyboards entirely.

The choice you’re proud of

Sections that fade, slide, or drift in as you scroll

What it actually is

Content that animates into place as you reach it, or a background photo that drifts at a different speed than the text over it (parallax).

Who it shuts out

The drifting, mismatched motion of parallax makes people with vestibular disorders dizzy or queasy — the same inner-ear reaction as the autoplay video. And when a section only appears once you scroll to it just right, people using a screen reader or keyboard can pass straight over it and never know it was there.

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