Elysian: providing animal-assisted therapy and learning

Accessibility statement

This site is built for Elysian's own community, including disabled children and young people, families and professionals working with them. Accessibility is a design requirement here, not an afterthought.

What this site does

  • Every page works fully with JavaScript switched off, including all three forms, which validate and submit as plain HTML.
  • A skip-to-content link is the first focusable thing on every page.
  • Every interactive element has a visible focus state.
  • Headings follow a correct, logical order on every page.
  • Form fields have real labels, and errors are announced and linked to the field they belong to, not shown as colour alone.
  • Body text uses a warm, highly legible typeface (Atkinson Hyperlegible, designed for readers with low vision and dyslexia), generous line height, and no justified or all-capitals text.
  • Animation and transitions respect your device's reduced-motion setting.
  • Colour contrast has been checked against the site's actual colour palette, not assumed: see the project's own token documentation for the exact figures.
  • Photographs are described in their alt text, not just labelled by filename or keyword.

Target standard

This site is built to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA. A full, page-by-page accessibility audit has not yet been completed and published; the points above describe what has been built in, not the result of a formal audit.

Known limitations

Several sections of the site are still being built (see the navigation for what exists today), and some pages, including this one, have not yet had a dedicated accessibility review beyond the standards built into every page template.

Reporting a problem

If you find something on this site that is difficult to use, or that does not work with the assistive technology you use, tell us: admin@elysianuk.org.