Accessibility

IF ANYTHING ON THIS SITE GETS IN YOUR WAY, TELL ME AND I WILL GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED ANOTHER WAY.

I want every visitor to be able to read this site, use it with a keyboard, and get the same information whatever technology they browse with. This page sets out what has been built, how it was checked, what is not finished, and how to reach me if something does not work for you.

The standard this site is built against

This site is built against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA, which is the standard most commonly referenced for public websites in the United States.

Building to a standard is not the same as certifying against one, and this page does not claim a conformance rating. What it gives you instead is the work that was done, the testing that was run, and the date it was run.

What has been done

• A skip link, so anyone using a keyboard can pass the header and go straight to the content of the page.
• A visible focus outline on every link, button, and form field, checked against both the dark and the light backgrounds this site uses.
• Text and background colors chosen from measured contrast values rather than by eye.
• Buttons and navigation links sized to be comfortable targets on a touch screen.
• Nothing on this site moves, scrolls, or updates on its own. The client reviews change only when you ask them to.
• Motion is reduced automatically if your device is set to prefer reduced motion.
• The questions and answers use the browser’s own disclosure control, so they work with a keyboard and their answers can be read whether open or closed.
• Every form field has a label attached to it.
• The English and the Chinese pages each declare their own language, and English inside a Chinese page is marked as English, so a screen reader pronounces both correctly.

How it was checked

Last tested on August 22, 2026, using axe-core 4.10.2 for automated checks, together with manual keyboard testing and manual contrast measurement, across the home page, the Chinese home page, and the policy pages. At that time the automated checks reported no WCAG 2.1 Level A or Level AA failures.

Automated tools catch only part of what matters. They cannot judge whether a description is useful, or whether a page still makes sense when it is read aloud. Testing has not yet included people who use assistive technology every day, which is the check worth more than any of the others.

Known limitations

• The photographs are placeholders. When the real photographs go in they will need written descriptions, and until then these pages carry less context than they should.
• This page is published in English only. A Chinese version is planned.
• No testing has been done with people who use screen readers or other assistive technology.

If something here does not work for you

Please tell me. You do not need to know what the problem is called or which guideline it falls under. Tell me which page you were on and what you were trying to do, and I will get you the same information another way, by phone, by email, or in person.

Changes to this page

This page is updated when the site changes, and when a problem is reported and fixed. The date at the top is when it was last reviewed.