{"id":885,"date":"2022-05-20T13:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T13:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=885"},"modified":"2022-05-20T13:20:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T13:20:14","slug":"flashy-visuals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/flashy-visuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashy Visuals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever created a slideshow, you&#8217;ve probably considered transitions and other animations. Animations can be engaging for your users, but for certain ones with photosensitivity,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsy.com\/learn\/triggers-seizures\/photosensitivity-and-seizures\">these animations may trigger seizures<\/a>. Be careful with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>flickering lights (e.g. sunlight through trees)<\/li><li>flashes of color<\/li><li>rapid changes or alternations in color&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can test the seizure risk of your video content or animations as well as learn more about preventing seizures through the free application&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/trace.umd.edu\/peat\">Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guides and How-To&#8217;s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/trace.umd.edu\/peat\">Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidelines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/quickref\/#visual-audio-contrast\"><abbr title=\"Web Content Accessibility Guidelines\">WCAG<\/abbr>&nbsp;2.0 Guideline 2.3 &#8211; Seizures<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/seizure.html\">Understanding&nbsp;<abbr title=\"Web Content Accessibility Guidelines\">WCAG<\/abbr>&nbsp;2.0 Guideline 2.3<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/seizure-does-not-violate.html\">2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold Level A<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/seizure-three-times.html\">2.3.2 Three Flashes Level AAA<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/articles\/seizure\/\">Web&nbsp;<abbr title=\"Accessibility in Mind\">AIM<\/abbr>: Seizure Disorders<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever created a slideshow, you&#8217;ve probably considered transitions and other animations. Animations can be engaging for your users, but for certain ones with photosensitivity,&nbsp;these animations may trigger seizures. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-885","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","display_name":"keegan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on May 20, 2022","modified":"Updated on May 20, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on May 20, 2022 1:20 pm","modified":"Updated on May 20, 2022 1:20 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}