Form accessibility: the checklist nobody actually uses (until users complain)

Forms are where accessibility debt becomes user abandonment. A form can pass every automated scan and still be completely unusable for a significant chunk of your users. Here's what I see skipped constantly in real audits: Placeholder text used as a label When the field gets focus, the hint disappears. For users with cognitive disabilities or memory issues, that's a dead end. Use elements. Always. Error messages that only exist visually Red border + error text looks complete. But if the error is