Accessibility
Created: 05 Nov 2024 | Last Update: 05 Nov 2024
This is not an accessibility statement solely for compliance. This website was a collaboration between Sulaiman R. Khan and Disabled designer Jessica Oddi. It was developed with the core belief that Access is Love — the incredible project by Alice Wong, Mia Mingus, and Sandy Ho.
We are in community to constantly learn, unlearn, and change practices. If you're a Disabled comrade, we'd love to know about your experience on this site. Want to flag issues, or leave some love? Contact us (subject: Accessibility) or email Jessica (oddi.jessica@gmail.com) for assistance.
[Open Quote] Okay let's get into the LOVE that went into creating this website! [Close Quote] — Jess
Website Development
Jessica Oddi made this website on WebFlow. The custom-built theme follows WCAG 2.2 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) as a base. Simple and clean HTML, CSS (styling), and JavaScript.
Practices from the Disabled community were followed. Image descriptions, crediting sources, layouts with ample padding, and a custom coded colour/grey mode toggle. Don't worry, no ableist overlays were used to make it, just Jessica's tiny MD hands and code.
Developer Testing
Jess tested the site with the following accessibility practices and devices:
- Browsers and Devices: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, on macOS Sonoma. Edge on Windows 11. Chrome on Samsung Galaxy S24 Pro. Safari on iPhone (thanks Mom!).
- Assistive Tech: VoiceOver, Voice Control, NVDA, Narrator, and TalkBack.
- Manual: Keyboard-only navigation, zoom, high contrast, and inverted/colour filters.
- Automated: ARC Toolkit with 0 errors. Warnings manually reviewed as non-issues. WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) with 0 errors.
Community Testing
If you’re Disabled and you'd like to contribute to the site's access, please reach out! We'd love to test across more devices with lived-experience.
Cross-Disability Access Notes
Sulaiman uses assistive tech and alternative navigation. There may be extra returns or characters from copy/pasting. He is also a Mistro of expression. Jess and Sulaiman met in the middle to create a semi-condensed experience, while keeping true to Sulaiman's values.
If you have Zoom Text, Jess recommends using the browser zoom before using the app. This will trigger the media query to give you an enlarged single column layout, which may make your Zoom Text experience better.
Updates to this Site
This is where we will post any significant updates to the site, based on feedback from the Disability community. (All in Crip-Time of course.)
Accessibility is a necessity and not a luxury. Along with anti-racism, decolonisation, and anti-oppression work and daily existence through active, tangible progress and actions: Without including Accessibility (in all its forms for Disabled people), anti-ableism, and Disability Justice in all social justice movements, there is no movement.
— Sulaiman R. Khan سلیمان راشد خان