Accessibility

What's in place

• Everything can be used with a keyboard alone, with a clearly visible focus outline and a "Skip to content" link as the first stop.
• The photo and the line drawings have text descriptions for screen readers. Purely decorative images are hidden from them.
• Text meets WCAG AA contrast: at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text and important graphics.
• If your device is set to reduce motion, the site turns off its animations and smooth scrolling.
• Pages use proper headings, landmarks and labelled buttons, so screen readers can move around them.
• Buttons and links are at least 44 pixels tall on phones, so they're easy to tap.
• Text can be zoomed to 200%, and the layout adapts from large monitors down to small phones.
• Nothing on the site has a time limit, autoplaying sound or flashing content.

Known limitations

• World map: clicking countries on the dotted map itself needs a mouse or touch. The row of country buttons underneath does exactly the same thing and works fully with a keyboard and screen reader.
• Text over the photo: the name and caption at the top sit on a photograph. A dark fade and text shadow keep them readable, but contrast over a photo varies more than over a flat colour.
• Without JavaScript: all the text and links still work, but the world map and the animations need JavaScript.

How it's tested

The site is checked with the axe-core accessibility engine, with Google Lighthouse (it scores 100 for accessibility), with keyboard-only testing, and by testing contrast for every text colour pair.

Something not working for you?

If anything on this site is hard to use, please tell me at jackson@yowe.me. Say which page and what happened, and I'll fix it or get you the information another way.

In Australia, the Australian Human Rights Commission handles complaints under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.