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From: Jeff Gutsell
Date: Jan 22, 2019 2:30PM

Hi All,

When disabling standard buttons, I know that we are encouraged to use the
standard html attribute instead of "aria-disabled." However, I am puzzled
about the best approach for making a disabled button discoverable by a
screen reader. This button is not in the page's tab sequence, and perhaps
sometimes that does not matter.

I am working on a page where the users will wonder what to do if they do not
know that certain buttons exist. Among other things, they may be unaware of
navigating over such buttons.

Jeff