Day 12: Flickering can cause seizures

Day 12: Did you know? Flickering can cause seizures.

In 1997, a Pokemon cartoon containing a red, flickering sequence was aired in Japan, and resulted 685 children being admitted to hospital after suffering epileptic seizures.

WCAG 2.3.1 requires that content not flash more than three times a second for these very reason.

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