Accessibility statement

Not only is it the right thing to do, but it's actually a legal requirement in many countries. If your site isn't accessible, then at some point you're likely to get sued.

The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee He actually invented the Internet

In the UK alone, around 20% of the population have some form of disability, and almost everybody at some point in their lives will have a disability - be it temporary or permanent. Do not stop them from enjoying what you create, sell or want to share! The Internet is for everybody, so you should ensure everybody can use it.

This site is built to comply with WCAG 2.2 level AA as a minimum standard. Level AAA is met wherever possible. WCAG 3 will be arriving at some point, and we're already working to adhere to that too.

What this standard actually means to folks in general is:

• Colour contrast.

  Things should be easy to see and distinguish from each other

• Font sizes.

  Things should be big enough to read without straining

• Page zoom.

  You should be able to view this site at anywhere between 30% and 500% zoom and still be able to use it without issue

• Language.

  Where possible, the simplest, most concise language is used so that more people can understand the content. Not everybody's first language is English, and not everybody has a reading age that matches their physical age. In some areas of the site, such as in technical articles and guides, this is not possible but the language used there should be appropriate for the intended audience (in most cases this will be other front end developers or accessibility folks because that's the focus of my technical content!).

• Low-vision or no vision (blindness).

  Not everybody can see, so they should still be able to read and enjoy the content without barriers. Site content should be accessible via screen reader software.

• Colour vision deficiency (colour blindness).

  There are four kinds of red-green colour vision deficiency (people who have either few or no red or green colour cones in their eyes), two kinds of blue-yellow colour vision deficiency (people who have either few or no blue or yellow colour cones in their eyes), and two kinds of monochromatic colour vision deficiency (people who see no colours other than shades of grey). There are (currently) five colour themes to choose from for this site, which hopefully will cover many use cases. These should all meet contrast requirements and help users with colour vision deficiencies use this site without issue.

• Touch targets.

  Any links, buttons, form fields and any other interactive element should meet the minimum size for touch devices.

• Captions, subtitles, and transcripts.

  Any audio or video file that contains audio should have a full written transcript available. Any video file with audio should contain subtitles at a minimum, and where possible should provide Closed Captions (CC).

• Consistent, understandable and logical.

  Global navigation and configuration appears in the same place on every single page, and all content should be written in a logical format, clearly divided by heaadings in the correct order.

• Content descriptions.

  Where images, charts or other visual elements are used there should be adequate and understandable descriptions to assist those who cannot see them.