Control distractions

For systems that include notifications or other interruptions to task completion, people may need to control interruptions.

Notes

Content that can interrupt focus must be identified and allow users to control interaction with it (distractions, interruptions).

For some people, these distractions can include advertisements, side tasks, and pop-ups (including GDPR dialogs).

Is this to broad? See avoid-interruptions, avoid-olfactory-distractions, avoid-tactile-distractions, avoid-visual-distractions

Mappings

Required ability	Accessibility characteristic	Support needed
Attention and concentration	Interruptions	Adjust

References

• Reference: 5-4-4-a to remove or prevent content not related to a particular task
• Reference: 5-4-4-b to prevent interruption of a task by other tasks
• Reference: 2.2.4 Interruptions
• Reference: 4.6.1 Limit Interruptions (Pattern)

Tags

Imported from https://github.com/accessiblecommunity/Digital-Accessibility-Framework/control-distractions.md