Faculty | Simmons University

Course Catalog | Simmons University

Events | Simmons University

Research | Simmons University

Give | Simmons University

Alumnae/i and Friends | Simmons University

Admission & Financial Aid | Simmons University

Contact Us | Simmons University

Building Our Future | Simmons University

Connect | Simmons University

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

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Title / URL	Issues
Faculty \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/academics/faculty	23
Course Catalog \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/academics/course-catalog	21
Events \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/events	21
Research \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/academics/research	19
Give \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni/give	17
Alumnae/i and Friends \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni	15
Admission & Financial Aid \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/admission-financial-aid	15
Contact Us \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/about/contact-us	14
Building Our Future \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/about/building-our-future	14
Connect \| Simmons Universitywww.simmons.edu/alumni/connect	14

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

Simmons College

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