From 6ce7a6ff6f829c22868f952d41a1b5922f8c1ace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew <35735666+meatnordrink@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:42:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: Add aria-hidden to interior radio button in
 RadioButtonItem

---
 src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
index a68be63e18..f45a9d4c43 100644
--- a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const RadioButtonItem = ({
   let radioButton: any;
 
   if (mode === 'android') {
-    radioButton = <RadioButtonAndroid {...radioButtonProps} />;
+    radioButton = <RadioButtonAndroid {...radioButtonProps} aria-hidden />;
   } else if (mode === 'ios') {
     radioButton = <RadioButtonIOS {...radioButtonProps} />;
   } else {

From 66b76003e04e42dc1a1eca49b7b4c2f372bb77ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew <35735666+meatnordrink@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 12:57:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Adding comment explaining aria-hidden prop addition

---
 src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
index f45a9d4c43..7355489d3d 100644
--- a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ const RadioButtonItem = ({
   let radioButton: any;
 
   if (mode === 'android') {
+    // aria-hidden ensures that Talkback does not read out the interior radio button as a separate element
     radioButton = <RadioButtonAndroid {...radioButtonProps} aria-hidden />;
   } else if (mode === 'ios') {
     radioButton = <RadioButtonIOS {...radioButtonProps} />;