Mansfield Alumni | Commonwealth University

Page Not Found | Commonwealth University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Academic Colleges | Commonwealth University

Lock Haven | Campus Life | Commonwealth University of PA

All Programs | Commonwealth University

Admissions at CU | Commonwealth University of PA

CU Achieve | Commonwealth University

Events | Commonwealth University

Offices and Departments | Commonwealth University

When using accessible descriptions (`aria-describedby`), ensure that the 
descriptions exist.

## Explanation

ARIA descriptions are commonly used to add supplementary information to 
elements in a page, especially form controls. For example:

```html
<input type="email" aria-describedby="email-help">
<p id="email-helpp">Enter your work email address</p>
```

In this example, the `aria-describedby` for the field points to an ID of `email-help`,
which doesn't exist. The paragraph it refers to instead has an ID of `email-helpp`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible description is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a description, but
that description is missing.

When a description is broken, key information about that element may be omitted from 
assistive technologies.

missing-aria-described-by

October 2025

September 2025

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

	Title / URL	Issues
	Mansfield Alumni \| Commonwealth Universitywww.commonwealthu.edu/mansfield-alumni	1
	Page Not Found \| Commonwealth Universitywww.commonwealthu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.commonwealthu.edu/	1
	Academic Colleges \| Commonwealth Universitywww.commonwealthu.edu/academics/colleges	1
	Lock Haven \| Campus Life \| Commonwealth University of PAwww.commonwealthu.edu/campus-life/lock-haven	1
	All Programs \| Commonwealth Universitywww.commonwealthu.edu/academics/programs	1
	Admissions at CU \| Commonwealth University of PAwww.commonwealthu.edu/admissions	1
	CU Achieve \| Commonwealth Universitywww.commonwealthu.edu/admissions/cu-achieve	1
	Events \| Commonwealth Universitywww.commonwealthu.edu/events	1
	Offices and Departments \| Commonwealth Universitywww.commonwealthu.edu/offices-directory	1

Fix missing ARIA description IDs

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Where this issue has occurred