Walsall education options | Send

Graduated approach | Send

Things to do | Send

Policies, strategies and inspections | Send

If you're new to SEND | Send

Early years (age 0 to 5) | Send

Help with learning | Send

Practitioner resources | Send

Money and financial support | Send

An `<img>` element inside a link must not specify alternative text that duplicates the
content of a text link inside or beside it.

For example, this code should be avoided:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="Apple">
    Apple
</a>
```

Accessible technologies will tend to see this as "Apple Apple". The correct behaviour is to
specify either a null (empty) `alt` attribute:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="">
    Apple
</a>
```

or to hide the image via `aria-hidden`:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" aria-hidden="true">
    Apple
</a>
```

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links. 

See the [WAI Tutorial on decorative images](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/).

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June 2025

May 2025

Walsall Local Offer

	Title / URL	Issues
	Walsall education options \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/help-learning/walsall-education-options	1
	Graduated approach \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/node/8/graduated-approach	1
	Things to do \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/things-do	1
	Policies, strategies and inspections \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/policies-strategies-and-inspections	1
	If you're new to SEND \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/support-parents-and-carers/if-youre-new-send	1
	Early years (age 0 to 5) \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/early-years-age-0-5	1
	Help with learning \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/help-learning	1
	Practitioner resources \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/node/7/practitioner-resources	1
	Money and financial support \| Sendsend.walsall.gov.uk/money-and-financial-support	1

Avoid alternative text that is the same as adjacent text

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