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GOV.UK Design System: Accessibility strategy

Documents progressive enhancement as a GOV.UK Design System accessibility principle, connecting robust content and components with perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust WCAG goals.

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Graceful degradation Choose graceful degradation when users stay on the same surface and the core task continues with fewer capabilities. The baseline path can complete the same core task or the interface explicitly says why it cannot. GOV.UK Design System documents progressive enhancement as part of an accessibility strategy.

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Publisher: Government Digital Service. Last checked: .