diff --git a/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm b/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm
index 367f5368..7324c5c2 100644
--- a/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm
+++ b/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm
@@ -254,7 +254,21 @@ static void CollectAccessibilityElements(ASDisplayNode *node, NSMutableArray *el
     return;
   }
   
-  for (ASDisplayNode *subnode in node.subnodes) {
+  // see if one of the subnodes is modal. If it is, then we only need to collect accessibilityElements from that
+  // node. If more than one subnode is modal, UIKit uses the last view in subviews as the modal view (it appears to
+  // be based on the index in the subviews array, not the location on screen). Let's do the same.
+  ASDisplayNode *modalSubnode = nil;
+  for (ASDisplayNode *subnode in node.subnodes.reverseObjectEnumerator) {
+    if (subnode.accessibilityViewIsModal) {
+      modalSubnode = subnode;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  // If we have a modal subnode, just use that. Otherwise, use all subnodes
+  NSArray *subnodes = modalSubnode ? @[ modalSubnode ] : node.subnodes;
+  
+  for (ASDisplayNode *subnode in subnodes) {
     // If a node is hidden or has an alpha of 0.0 we should not include it
     if (subnode.hidden || subnode.alpha == 0.0) {
       continue;
diff --git a/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm b/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm
index 32f95b98..94d8ace0 100644
--- a/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm
+++ b/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm
@@ -1137,6 +1137,22 @@ nodeProperty = nodeValueExpr; _setToViewOnly(viewAndPendingViewStateProperty, vi
 
 @implementation ASDisplayNode (UIViewBridgeAccessibility)
 
+// Walks up the view tree to nil out all the cached accsesibilityElements. This is required when changing
+// accessibility properties like accessibilityViewIsModal.
+- (void)invalidateAccessibilityElements
+{
+  // If we are not caching accessibilityElements we don't need to do anything here.
+  if (ASActivateExperimentalFeature(ASExperimentalDoNotCacheAccessibilityElements)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  
+  // we want to check if we are on the main thread first, since _loaded checks the layer and can only be done on main
+  if (ASDisplayNodeThreadIsMain() && _loaded(self)) {
+    self.view.accessibilityElements = nil;
+    [self.supernode invalidateAccessibilityElements];
+  }
+}
+
 - (BOOL)isAccessibilityElement
 {
   _bridge_prologue_read;
@@ -1306,9 +1322,16 @@ nodeProperty = nodeValueExpr; _setToViewOnly(viewAndPendingViewStateProperty, vi
 - (void)setAccessibilityViewIsModal:(BOOL)accessibilityViewIsModal
 {
   _bridge_prologue_write;
+  BOOL oldAccessibilityViewIsModal = _getFromViewOnly(accessibilityViewIsModal);
   _setAccessibilityToViewAndProperty(_flags.accessibilityViewIsModal, accessibilityViewIsModal, accessibilityViewIsModal, accessibilityViewIsModal);
+  
+  // if we made a change, we need to clear the view's accessibilityElements cache.
+  if (!ASActivateExperimentalFeature(ASExperimentalDoNotCacheAccessibilityElements) && self.isNodeLoaded && oldAccessibilityViewIsModal != accessibilityViewIsModal) {
+    [self invalidateAccessibilityElements];
+  }
 }
 
+
 - (BOOL)shouldGroupAccessibilityChildren
 {
   _bridge_prologue_read;
diff --git a/Tests/ASDisplayViewAccessibilityTests.mm b/Tests/ASDisplayViewAccessibilityTests.mm
index 4dc68e37..02d99d79 100644
--- a/Tests/ASDisplayViewAccessibilityTests.mm
+++ b/Tests/ASDisplayViewAccessibilityTests.mm
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ extern void SortAccessibilityElements(NSMutableArray *elements);
   // force load
   __unused UIView *view = containerNode.view;
   
-  NSArray *elements = [containerNode accessibilityElements];
+  NSArray *elements = [containerNode.view accessibilityElements];
   XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 2);
   XCTAssertEqual([elements.firstObject asyncdisplaykit_node], label);
   XCTAssertEqual([elements.lastObject asyncdisplaykit_node], button);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ extern void SortAccessibilityElements(NSMutableArray *elements);
   // force load
   __unused UIView *view = containerNode.view;
   
-  NSArray *elements = [containerNode accessibilityElements];
+  NSArray *elements = [containerNode.view accessibilityElements];
   XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 1);
   XCTAssertEqual(elements.firstObject, label);
 }
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ extern void SortAccessibilityElements(NSMutableArray *elements);
   // force load
   __unused UIView *view = containerNode.view;
   
-  NSArray *elements = [containerNode accessibilityElements];
+  NSArray *elements = [containerNode.view accessibilityElements];
   XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 1);
   XCTAssertEqual(elements.firstObject, label.view);
 }
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ extern void SortAccessibilityElements(NSMutableArray *elements);
   // force load
   __unused UIView *view = containerNode.view;
   
-  NSArray *elements = [containerNode accessibilityElements];
+  NSArray *elements = [containerNode.view accessibilityElements];
   XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 1);
   XCTAssertEqual(elements.firstObject, label.view);
 }
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ extern void SortAccessibilityElements(NSMutableArray *elements);
   [node addSubnode:offScreenNodeX];
   [node addSubnode:offScreenNode];
 
-  NSArray *elements = [node accessibilityElements];
+  NSArray *elements = [node.view accessibilityElements];
   XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 3);
   XCTAssertTrue([elements containsObject:label.view]);
   XCTAssertTrue([elements containsObject:partiallyOnScreenNodeX.view]);
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ extern void SortAccessibilityElements(NSMutableArray *elements);
   [node addSubnode:offScreenNodeX];
   [node addSubnode:offScreenNode];
 
-  NSArray *elements = [node accessibilityElements];
+  NSArray *elements = [node.view accessibilityElements];
   XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 6);
   XCTAssertTrue([elements containsObject:label.view]);
   XCTAssertTrue([elements containsObject:partiallyOnScreenNodeX.view]);
@@ -488,5 +488,108 @@ extern void SortAccessibilityElements(NSMutableArray *elements);
   XCTAssertEqual(elements[3], node4);
 }
 
+- (void)testSubnodeIsModal {
+  
+  UIWindow *window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 568)];
+  ASDisplayNode *node = [[ASDisplayNode alloc] init];
+  node.automaticallyManagesSubnodes = YES;
+  
+  ASViewController *vc = [[ASViewController alloc] initWithNode:node];
+  window.rootViewController = vc;
+  [window makeKeyAndVisible];
+  [window layoutIfNeeded];
+
+  ASTextNode *label1 = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
+  label1.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"label1"];
+  label1.frame = CGRectMake(10, 80, 300, 20);
+  [node addSubnode:label1];
+  
+  ASTextNode *label2 = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
+  label2.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"label2"];
+  label2.frame = CGRectMake(10, CGRectGetMaxY(label1.frame) + 8, 300, 20);
+  [node addSubnode:label2];
+  
+  ASDisplayNode *modalNode = [[ASDisplayNode alloc] init];
+  modalNode.frame = CGRectInset(CGRectUnion(label1.frame, label2.frame), -8, -8);
+  
+  // This is kind of cheating. When voice over is activated, the modal node will end up reporting that it
+  // has 1 accessibilityElement. But getting that to happen in a unit test doesn't seem possible.
+  id modalMock = OCMPartialMock(modalNode);
+  OCMStub([modalMock accessibilityElementCount]).andReturn(1);
+  [node addSubnode:modalMock];
+  
+  ASTextNode *label3 = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
+  label3.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"label6"];
+  label3.frame = CGRectMake(8, 4, 200, 20);
+
+  [modalNode addSubnode:label3];
+  modalNode.accessibilityViewIsModal = YES;
+  NSArray *elements = [node.view accessibilityElements];
+  XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 1);
+  XCTAssertTrue([elements containsObject:modalNode.view]);
+}
+
+- (void)testMultipleSubnodesAreModal {
+  
+  UIWindow *window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 568)];
+  ASDisplayNode *node = [[ASDisplayNode alloc] init];
+  node.automaticallyManagesSubnodes = YES;
+  
+  ASViewController *vc = [[ASViewController alloc] initWithNode:node];
+  window.rootViewController = vc;
+  [window makeKeyAndVisible];
+  [window layoutIfNeeded];
+
+  ASTextNode *label1 = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
+  label1.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"label1"];
+  label1.frame = CGRectMake(10, 80, 300, 20);
+  [node addSubnode:label1];
+  
+  ASTextNode *label2 = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
+  label2.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"label2"];
+  label2.frame = CGRectMake(10, CGRectGetMaxY(label1.frame) + 8, 300, 20);
+  [node addSubnode:label2];
+  
+  ASDisplayNode *modalNode1 = [[ASDisplayNode alloc] init];
+  modalNode1.frame = CGRectInset(CGRectUnion(label1.frame, label2.frame), -8, -8);
+  
+  // This is kind of cheating. When voice over is activated, the modal node will end up reporting that it
+  // has 1 accessibilityElement. But getting that to happen in a unit test doesn't seem possible.
+  id modalMock1 = OCMPartialMock(modalNode1);
+  OCMStub([modalMock1 accessibilityElementCount]).andReturn(1);
+
+  ASTextNode *label3 = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
+  label3.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"label6"];
+  label3.frame = CGRectMake(8, 4, 200, 20);
+  [modalNode1 addSubnode:label3];
+  modalNode1.accessibilityViewIsModal = YES;
+
+  ASDisplayNode *modalNode2 = [[ASDisplayNode alloc] init];
+  modalNode2.frame = CGRectOffset(modalNode1.frame, 0, modalNode1.frame.size.height + 10);
+  id modalMock2 = OCMPartialMock(modalNode2);
+  OCMStub([modalMock2 accessibilityElementCount]).andReturn(1);
+
+  ASTextNode *label4 = [[ASTextNode alloc] init];
+  label4.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"label6"];
+  label4.frame = CGRectMake(8, 4, 200, 20);
+  [modalNode2 addSubnode:label4];
+  modalNode2.accessibilityViewIsModal = YES;
+  
+  // add modalNode1 last, and assert that it is the one that appears in accessibilityElements
+  // (UIKit uses the last modal subview in subviews as the modal element).
+  [node addSubnode:modalMock2];
+  [node addSubnode:modalMock1];
+
+  NSArray *elements = [node.view accessibilityElements];
+  XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 1);
+  XCTAssertTrue([elements containsObject:modalNode1.view]);
+  
+  // let's change which node is modal and make sure the elements get updated.
+  modalNode1.accessibilityViewIsModal = NO;
+  elements = [node.view accessibilityElements];
+  XCTAssertTrue(elements.count == 1);
+  XCTAssertTrue([elements containsObject:modalNode2.view]);
+}
+
 
 @end