diff --git a/pages/avatar/permutations.page.tsx b/pages/avatar/permutations.page.tsx
index 26fb98e..bb4f0e4 100644
--- a/pages/avatar/permutations.page.tsx
+++ b/pages/avatar/permutations.page.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default function AvatarPage() {
       <main>
         <TestBed>
           <Avatar ariaLabel="User avatar" />
-          <Avatar color="gen-ai" iconName="gen-ai" ariaLabel="User avatar" />
+          <Avatar color="gen-ai" iconName="gen-ai" ariaLabel="Gen AI assistant" />
 
           <Avatar initials="GW" ariaLabel="User avatar GW" tooltipText="User avatar" />
           <Avatar color="gen-ai" initials="GW" ariaLabel="Gen AI assistant GW" tooltipText="Gen AI assistant" />
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export default function AvatarPage() {
             tooltipText="Gen AI assistant generating response"
           />
 
-          <Avatar iconSvg={customIconSvg} ariaLabel="Avatar loading" />
-          <Avatar color="gen-ai" iconSvg={customIconSvg} ariaLabel="Gen AI assistant loading" />
+          <Avatar iconSvg={customIconSvg} ariaLabel="Avatar with custom SVG icon" />
+          <Avatar color="gen-ai" iconSvg={customIconSvg} ariaLabel="Gen AI avatar with custom SVG icon" />
         </TestBed>
       </main>
     </ScreenshotArea>
diff --git a/src/avatar/internal.tsx b/src/avatar/internal.tsx
index f3b4f12..7a5bb03 100644
--- a/src/avatar/internal.tsx
+++ b/src/avatar/internal.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ export default function InternalAvatar({
         />
       )}
 
-      <div className={styles.content}>
+      {/* aria-hidden is added so that screen readers focus only the parent div */}
+      {/* when it is not hidden, it becomes unstable in JAWS */}
+      <div className={styles.content} aria-hidden="true">
         <AvatarContent
           color={color}
           ariaLabel={ariaLabel}