diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 16c3ef113..a1de8acf0 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
     "indent": "off",
     "space-before-blocks": "off",
     "quote-props": "off",
-    "react/jsx-filename-extension": "off"
+    "react/jsx-filename-extension": "off",
+    "no-script-url": "off",
+    "jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid": "off"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/facet/graph-facet/year_graph.js b/src/js/widgets/facet/graph-facet/year_graph.js
index 745091e15..278c8a5fb 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/facet/graph-facet/year_graph.js
+++ b/src/js/widgets/facet/graph-facet/year_graph.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ define([
   'hbs!js/widgets/facet/graph-facet/templates/year-graph-legend',
   'marionette',
   'jquery-ui',
-], function(BaseGraphView, legendTemplate, Marionette, $ui) {
+], function(BaseGraphView, legendTemplate, Marionette) {
   var YearGraphView = BaseGraphView.extend({
     bins: 10,
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define([
         .style('text-anchor', 'end')
         .attr('dx', '-.8em')
         .attr('dy', '-1.1em')
-        .attr('transform', function(d) {
+        .attr('transform', function() {
           return 'rotate(-65)';
         });
     },
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ define([
       var yAxis;
       var chart;
       var bar;
+      var maxVal;
       var standardFormatter = d3.format('s');
       data = _.clone(this.model.get('graphData'));
       data = this.binData(data, this.bins);
-      (xLabels = _.pluck(data, 'x')), (maxVal = d3.max(_.pluck(data, 'y')));
+      xLabels = _.pluck(data, 'x');
+      maxVal = d3.max(_.pluck(data, 'y'));
       x = d3.scale
         .ordinal()
         .domain(xLabels)
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ define([
       if (data.length <= binNum) {
         this.binSize = 1;
 
-        data = _.map(data, function(d, i) {
+        data = _.map(data, function(d) {
           return {
             x: '' + d.x,
             y: d.y,
@@ -203,14 +205,14 @@ define([
       binnedX = [];
       binnedY = [];
 
-      for (var i = 0; i < binNum; i++) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < binNum; i += 1) {
         indexList.push(binSize);
       }
       if (extraBar) {
         indexList.push(extraBar);
       }
 
-      _.each(indexList, function(d, i) {
+      _.each(indexList, function(d) {
         var totalCount = 0;
         var refCount = 0;
         var dateRange = [];
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ define([
         binnedY.push({ totalCount: totalCount, refCount: refCount });
       });
 
-      binnedX = _.map(binnedX, function(d, i) {
+      binnedX = _.map(binnedX, function(d) {
         if (d.length > 1) {
           return {
             x: d[0] + '-' + d[d.length - 1],
@@ -263,6 +265,7 @@ define([
       var xAxis;
       var yAxis;
       var bar;
+      var maxVal;
       data = _.clone(this.model.get('graphData'));
 
       /* checking : do we need to signal
@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ define([
       }
 
       // now getting rid of anything outside of the new bounds
-      data = _.filter(data, function(d, i) {
+      data = _.filter(data, function(d) {
         return d.x >= val1 && d.x <= val2;
       });
 
@@ -291,7 +294,8 @@ define([
         });
       }
 
-      (xLabels = _.pluck(data, 'x')), (maxVal = d3.max(_.pluck(data, 'y')));
+      xLabels = _.pluck(data, 'x');
+      maxVal = d3.max(_.pluck(data, 'y'));
       x = d3.scale
         .ordinal()
         .domain(xLabels)
@@ -411,8 +415,14 @@ define([
         create: function(event) {
           const $handles = $('a', event.target);
           $handles.attr('href', 'javascript:void(0)');
-          $handles.first().attr('title', 'start slider handle');
-          $handles.last().attr('title', 'end slider handle');
+          $handles
+            .first()
+            .attr('title', 'start slider handle')
+            .html('<span class="sr-only">start slider handle</span>');
+          $handles
+            .last()
+            .attr('title', 'end slider handle')
+            .html('<span class="sr-only">end slider handle</span>');
         },
       });
       this.$('.show-slider-data-first').val(min);
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html
index 5d1833fde..8fc230da0 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html
+++ b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@
                     {{#if links.text}}
 
                         <a href="{{links.text.[0].url}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="btn-link active-link s-active-link" aria-disabled="false">
-                            <i class="s-text-icon" aria-label="quick access to full text links"></i>
+                            <i class="s-text-icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                            <span class="sr-only">quick access to full text links</span>
                         </a>
                         <ul class="hidden list-unstyled link-details s-link-details" role="menu">
 
                             {{#each links.text}}
                             <li><a {{#if this.openAccess}} class="s-open-access"{{/if}} href="{{this.url}}"
-                                target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{this.name}}</a></li>
+                                target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="open access link">{{this.name}}</a></li>
                             {{/each}}
                         </ul>
 
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@
                 {{#if links.list}}
 
                 <a href="{{links.list.[0].url}}" class="btn-link active-link s-active-link" aria-disabled="false">
-                    <i class="s-list-icon" aria-label="quick links to lists of references, citations and more"></i>
+                    <i class="s-list-icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                    <span class="sr-only">quick links to lists of references, citations and more</span>
                 </a>
 
                 <ul class="hidden list-unstyled list-unstyled link-details s-link-details" role="menu">
@@ -93,8 +95,9 @@
 
                 {{else}}
                 <div title="references, citations (none)">
-                    <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="btn-link disabled" aria-disabled="true" aria-label="quick links to lists of references, citations etc">
+                    <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="btn-link disabled" aria-disabled="true">
                         <i class="s-list-icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                        <span class="sr-only">quick links to lists of references, citations etc</span>
                     </a>
                 </div>
 
@@ -107,7 +110,8 @@
                 {{#if links.data}}
 
                 <a href="{{links.data.[0].url}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="btn-link active-link s-active-link" aria-disabled="false">
-                    <i class="s-data-icon" aria-label="quick links to data associated with this article"></i>
+                    <i class="s-data-icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                    <span class="sr-only">quick links to data associated with this article</span>
                 </a>
 
                 <ul class="hidden list-unstyled link-details s-link-details" role="menu">
@@ -120,8 +124,9 @@
 
                 {{else}}
                     <div title="data products (none)">
-                        <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="btn-link disabled" aria-disabled="true" aria-label="quick links to data associated with this article">
+                        <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="btn-link disabled" aria-disabled="true">
                             <i class="s-data-icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                            <span class="sr-only">quick links to data associated with this article</span>
                         </a>
                     </div>
 
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/search_bar_template.html b/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/search_bar_template.html
index 6f4f03deb..8524515ff 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/search_bar_template.html
+++ b/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/search_bar_template.html
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ <h2 class="sr-only">Search Bar to Enter New Query</h2>
             {{else}}
             <div class="btn btn-xs btn-info bigquery-tag"><i class="fa fa-list-ul" aria-hidden="true"> />&nbsp;&nbsp;Bulk query&nbsp;&nbsp;<i class="fa fa-close fa-lg bigquery-close" aria-hidden="true"> title="click to remove" /></div>
             {{/if}}
-            <input type="text" class="form-control q hasbigquery" name="q" autofocus aria-label="Start typing a query here to begin an ADS Search" autocomplete="off" value={{currentQueryVal}}>
+            <label for="query-search-input" clas="sr-only">ADS search</label>
+            <input type="text" class="form-control q hasbigquery" name="q" id="query-search-input" autofocus aria-label="Start typing a query here to begin an ADS Search" autocomplete="off" value={{currentQueryVal}}>
             <i class="icon-clear s-clear-control" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{else}}
-            <input type="text" class="form-control q" name="q" autofocus aria-label="Start typing a query here to begin an ADS Search" autocomplete="off" value={{currentQueryVal}}>
+            <input type="text" class="form-control q" name="q" autofocus id="query-search-input" aria-label="Start typing a query here to begin an ADS Search" autocomplete="off" value={{currentQueryVal}}>
             <i class="icon-clear s-clear-control" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{/if}}
             <span class="input-group-btn">
                       <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary search-submit s-search-submit" aria-label="submit">
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/sort/components/sort-app.jsx.js b/src/js/widgets/sort/components/sort-app.jsx.js
index 08b309f77..1bff64452 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/sort/components/sort-app.jsx.js
+++ b/src/js/widgets/sort/components/sort-app.jsx.js
@@ -10,23 +10,27 @@ define(['react', 'react-prop-types'], function(React, PropTypes) {
      */
     const onSelect = (item, e) => {
       e.preventDefault();
-      e.stopPropagation && e.stopPropagation();
+      if (e.stopPropagation) {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+      }
       setSort(item);
     };
 
+    const changeDirectionText =
+      direction === 'asc'
+        ? 'Change sort direction to descending'
+        : 'Change sort direction to ascending';
+
     return (
       <div className="btn-group">
         <button
           type="button"
           className="btn btn-default"
           onClick={setDirection}
-          title={
-            direction === 'asc'
-              ? 'Change sort direction to descending'
-              : 'Change sort direction to ascending'
-          }
+          title={changeDirectionText}
         >
           <i className={`fa fa-sort-amount-${direction}`} aria-hidden="true" />
+          <span className="sr-only">{changeDirectionText}</span>
         </button>
         <button
           style={{ minWidth: 100 }}
@@ -55,7 +59,19 @@ define(['react', 'react-prop-types'], function(React, PropTypes) {
   };
 
   SortApp.propTypes = {
-    app: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    app: PropTypes.shape({
+      options: PropTypes.arrayOf(
+        PropTypes.shape({
+          id: PropTypes.string,
+          desc: PropTypes.string,
+          text: PropTypes.string,
+        })
+      ),
+      sort: PropTypes.shape({
+        text: PropTypes.string,
+      }),
+      direction: PropTypes.string,
+    }).isRequired,
     setSort: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     setDirection: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   };