diff --git a/packages/unity-bootstrap-theme/src/js/card-bodies.js b/packages/unity-bootstrap-theme/src/js/card-bodies.js
index 685379c5db..55058a7c6f 100644
--- a/packages/unity-bootstrap-theme/src/js/card-bodies.js
+++ b/packages/unity-bootstrap-theme/src/js/card-bodies.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function initCardBodies() {
 
   cardBodies.forEach((cardBody, index) => {
     const paragraph = cardBody.querySelector("div p");
-    const originalText = paragraph.textContent;
+    const originalText = paragraph?.textContent;
     const style = window.getComputedStyle(cardBody);
 
     // Get the number of lines allowed (line clamp), usually set via CSS like -webkit-line-clamp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function initCardBodies() {
     const maxHeight = lineClamp * actualLineHeight;
 
     // Check if the paragraph exceeds the maximum allowed height
-    if (paragraph.offsetHeight >= maxHeight) {
+    if (paragraph?.offsetHeight >= maxHeight) {
       let visibleText = "";
       const words = originalText.split(" ");
       let visibleWordCount = 0;
diff --git a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/BulletItems.jsx b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/BulletItems.jsx
index 83216dce94..0689796952 100644
--- a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/BulletItems.jsx
+++ b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/BulletItems.jsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const BulletItems = ({ buttonCount }) => {
           type="button"
           className="glide__bullet"
           data-glide-dir={`=${i}`}
-          aria-label={`Slide view ${i + 1}`}
+          aria-label={`Go to slide ${i+1} of ${buttonCount}`}
         />
       </GaEventWrapper>
     );
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ const ImageBulletItems = ({ imageItems, onItemClick = () => null }) => {
         decoding="async"
         // @ts-ignore
 
-        fetchpriority="low"
+        fetchPriority="low"
       />
     </button>
   ));
diff --git a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/SliderItems.jsx b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/SliderItems.jsx
index f4d5093923..47cedbaf0c 100644
--- a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/SliderItems.jsx
+++ b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/components/SliderItems.jsx
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ import React from "react";
  */
 const SliderItems = ({ carouselItems }) => {
   // Setup carousel items from the carouselItems prop.
-  const listItems = carouselItems.map(sliderItem => (
-    <li key={sliderItem.id.toString()} className="glide__slide slider">
+  const listItems = carouselItems.map((sliderItem, index) => (
+    <li key={sliderItem.id.toString()} className="glide__slide slider" tabIndex={0}>
+      <div aria-live="polite" className="sr-only">
+         <span>{`Slide ${index + 1}`}</span>
+        {/* <span>{`Slide ${index + 1} of ${carouselItems.length}`}</span> length already announced */}
+      </div>
       {sliderItem.item}
     </li>
   ));
diff --git a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/glide/glide.setup.js b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/glide/glide.setup.js
index fb24390023..a18cc9e8ca 100644
--- a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/glide/glide.setup.js
+++ b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/glide/glide.setup.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function buildConfig(perView = 1, isFullWidth, hasPeek = true, isDraggable) {
   return {
     type: "slider", // No wrap-around.
     focusAt: 0,
-    bound: true, // Only if type slider with focusAt 0
+    bound: false, // Only if type slider with focusAt 0 // Set to false for accessibility (all cards should be accessible)
     rewind: false, // Only if type slider
     gap, // Space between slides... may be impacted by viewport size.
     // `keyboard` Left/Right arrow key support for slides - true is default.
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ function setNavButtonGradient(gliderElement, currentIndex, buttonCount) {
     imageGalleryNavigation?.classList.add("slider-start");
     // Enable/disable prev/next styles. Glide takes care of actual disable.
     arrowPrev?.classList.add(cssDisabledClass);
-    arrowPrev?.setAttribute("aria-disabled", "true");
+    arrowPrev?.setAttribute("disabled", "true");
     arrowNext?.classList.remove(cssDisabledClass);
-    arrowNext?.setAttribute("aria-disabled", "false");
+    arrowNext?.removeAttribute("disabled");
   } else if (currentIndex >= buttonCount - 1) {
     // LAST SLIDE.
     // Gradient for end.
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ function setNavButtonGradient(gliderElement, currentIndex, buttonCount) {
     imageGalleryNavigation?.classList.add("slider-end");
     // Enable/disable prev/next styles. Glide takes care of actual disable.
     arrowPrev?.classList.remove(cssDisabledClass);
-    arrowPrev?.setAttribute("aria-disabled", "false");
+    arrowPrev?.removeAttribute("disabled");
     arrowNext?.classList.add(cssDisabledClass);
-    arrowNext?.setAttribute("aria-disabled", "true");
+    arrowNext?.setAttribute("disabled", "true");
   } else {
     // MIDDLE SLIDES.
     // Gradient for middle.
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ function setNavButtonGradient(gliderElement, currentIndex, buttonCount) {
     // Enable/disable prev/next styles. Glide takes care of actual disable.
     arrowPrev?.classList.remove(cssDisabledClass);
     arrowNext?.classList.remove(cssDisabledClass);
-    arrowPrev?.setAttribute("aria-disabled", "false");
-    arrowNext?.setAttribute("aria-disabled", "false");
+    arrowPrev?.removeAttribute("disabled");
+    arrowNext?.removeAttribute("disabled");
   }
 }
 
@@ -307,6 +307,108 @@ function setupCaroarousel({
     // We use event listeners to clear and set class names to show/hide
     // gradients when at the start, middle or end of a slider.
     setNavButtonGradient(gliderElement, currentIndex, buttonCount);
+
+    // Set the main container with aria-labelledby with the header of the active card
+    const slides = gliderElement.querySelectorAll(".slider");
+
+    // Getting the text from the main header tag
+    //source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67134998/javascript-recursion-to-get-innertext
+    function getText(node, accumulator) {
+      if (node.nodeType === 3) {
+        // 3 == text node
+        accumulator.push(node.nodeValue);
+      } else {
+        for (let child of node.childNodes) getText(child, accumulator);
+      }
+    }
+
+    let firstActiveCard = 1;
+    let finalActiveCard = 1;
+    let totalActiveCards = 0;
+    let totalCards = slides.length;
+    let getActiveState = 0; // get first active card
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < slides.length; i++) {
+      const ariaHidden = slides[i].getAttribute("aria-hidden");
+      if (getActiveState === 1) {
+        if (i === slides.length - 1) {
+          if (ariaHidden === "false") {
+            finalActiveCard = i + 1;
+            totalActiveCards = finalActiveCard - firstActiveCard + 1;
+            getActiveState = 2; // done
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        if (ariaHidden === "true") {
+          finalActiveCard = i;
+          totalActiveCards = finalActiveCard - firstActiveCard + 1;
+          getActiveState = 2; // done
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      if (getActiveState === 0) {
+        if (ariaHidden === "false") {
+          firstActiveCard = i + 1;
+          getActiveState = 1; // get active card count
+          if (i === slides.length - 1) {
+            finalActiveCard = firstActiveCard;
+            totalActiveCards = 1;
+            getActiveState = 2; // done
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (i === currentIndex) {
+        // Find the main h tag in the card if one exists
+        let header;
+        for (let j = 1; j < 9; j++) {
+          if (!header) {
+            header = slides[i].querySelector(`h${j}`);
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (header) {
+          let allTexts = [];
+          getText(slides[i], allTexts);
+          gliderElement.setAttribute("aria-labelledby", allTexts[0]);
+          gliderElement.removeAttribute("aria-label");
+        } else {
+          gliderElement.setAttribute("aria-label", `Card ${i + 1}`);
+          gliderElement.removeAttribute("aria-labelledby");
+        }
+
+      }
+    }
+
+    let gliderTrack = gliderElement.querySelector(`.glide__track`);
+    gliderTrack?.setAttribute("tabIndex", "0");
+
+    if (firstActiveCard === finalActiveCard) {
+      gliderTrack?.setAttribute(
+        "aria-label",
+        `Carousel, showing item ${firstActiveCard} of ${totalCards}`
+      );
+    } else {
+      gliderTrack?.setAttribute(
+        "aria-label",
+        `Carousel, showing items ${firstActiveCard} to ${finalActiveCard} of ${totalCards}`
+        // `${totalActiveCards} item carousel, showing items ${firstActiveCard} to ${finalActiveCard} of ${totalCards}`
+      );
+    }
+    gliderTrack?.setAttribute("aria-live", "assertive");
+
+    // Update bullet accessibility
+    const bullets = gliderElement.querySelectorAll(".glide__bullet");
+    for (let i = 0; i < bullets.length; i++) {
+      if (i === currentIndex) {
+        bullets[i].setAttribute("disabled", "");
+        bullets[i].setAttribute("aria-current", "true");
+      } else {
+        bullets[i].removeAttribute("disabled");
+        bullets[i].setAttribute("aria-current", "false");
+      }
+    }
+
     // set the current index
     gliderElement.setAttribute("data-current-index", currentIndex);
     onItemClick && onItemClick(currentIndex);
diff --git a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/helper/width-calculator.js b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/helper/width-calculator.js
index b8f13ede76..282446b62b 100644
--- a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/helper/width-calculator.js
+++ b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/helper/width-calculator.js
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ function calcualteViewItems(itemCount, perView) {
   buttonCount = itemCount;
   if (vw >= 992) {
     // Value for lg breakpoint
-    if (perView >= 2) {
-      buttonCount = itemCount - 1;
-    }
-    if (perView >= 3) {
-      buttonCount = itemCount - 2;
-    }
+    // Removed for accessibility (arrow keys should not skip cards)
+    // if (perView >= 2) {
+    //   buttonCount = itemCount - 1;
+    // }
+    // if (perView >= 3) {
+    //   buttonCount = itemCount - 2;
+    // }
   }
 
   return buttonCount;
diff --git a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/index.jsx b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/index.jsx
index f03afcb3e1..73fbf4fd3b 100644
--- a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/index.jsx
+++ b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/ComponentCarousel/core/components/BaseCarousel/index.jsx
@@ -79,14 +79,18 @@ const BaseCarousel = ({
 
   return (
     <div
-      role={role}
       aria-labelledby={ariaLabelledBy}
+      // role={role}
+      // role="group"
+      role="region"
+      aria-label="Carousel pagination"
       className={`glide ${cssClass}`}
       id={instanceName}
       style={{ width, maxWidth }}
       data-remove-side-background={removeSideBackground}
       data-image-auto-size={imageAutoSize}
       data-has-shadow={hasShadow}
+      aria-roledescription="carousel"
     >
       <div className="glide__track" data-glide-el="track">
         <SliderItems carouselItems={carouselItems} />
diff --git a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/Image/Image.jsx b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/Image/Image.jsx
index 485094821c..9b65834cae 100644
--- a/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/Image/Image.jsx
+++ b/packages/unity-react-core/src/components/Image/Image.jsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const Image = ({
     alt,
     loading,
     decoding,
-    fetchpriority: fetchPriority, // React attribute bug workaround
+    fetchPriority: fetchPriority, // React attribute bug workaround
     ...(cssClasses?.length > 0 && { className: spreadClasses(cssClasses) }),
     ...(dataTestId && { "data-testid": dataTestId }),
     ...(width && { width }),