Admissions Requirements | NEIU

WE ARE A MOSAIC. | NEIU

Northeastern Illinois University | Chicago, IL

Academic Advising Center | NEIU

Find Your Program | NEIU

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Financial Aid | NEIU

Visit | NEIU

El Centro Campus | NEIU

Student Success Resources | NEIU

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

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

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

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

August 2025

July 2025

Northeastern Illinois University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Admissions Requirements \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/requirements	1
	WE ARE A MOSAIC. \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/mosaic	1
	Northeastern Illinois University \| Chicago, ILwww.neiu.edu/	1
	Academic Advising Center \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/academics/academic-advising-center	1
	Find Your Program \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/academics/programs	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.neiu.edu/	1
	Financial Aid \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/financial-aid	1
	Visit \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/admissions/visit	1
	El Centro Campus \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/academics/el-centro	1
	Student Success Resources \| NEIUwww.neiu.edu/admissions/your-success	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Northeastern Illinois University

Where this issue has occurred