Online Nursing Programs | Walden University

Online Business Degrees | Walden University

404 Page Not Found | Walden University

Online Public Health Degrees | Walden University

MS in Leadership | Walden University

Online Counseling Degrees | Walden University

Accredited Online University | Walden University

Online Information Technology (IT) Degrees | Walden University

Online Master’s Programs | Walden University

BS in Human Services | Walden University

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

October 2025

September 2025

Walden University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Online Nursing Programs \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/programs/nursing	2
	Online Business Degrees \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/programs/business	1
	404 Page Not Found \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Online Public Health Degrees \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/programs/health	1
	MS in Leadership \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs/ms-in-leadership	1
	Online Counseling Degrees \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/programs/counseling	1
	Accredited Online University \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/	1
	Online Information Technology (IT) Degrees \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/programs/information-technology	1
	Online Master’s Programs \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs	1
	BS in Human Services \| Walden Universitywww.waldenu.edu/online-bachelors-programs/bs-in-human-services	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Walden University

Where this issue has occurred