Bedside Banter is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.
Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility
Bedside Banter follows the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content usable. As new pages and functionality is added to our website, all designs, code, and content entry practices are checked against these standards.
Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of this website is performed using industry-standard tools such as the Accessibility Checker WordPress Plugin, color contrast analyzers, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.
Accessibility Features On Our Website
The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:
- Alt-text on all images
- WCAG 2.1 approved color contrast
- Keyboard-only navigation
- Subtitles on videos
Where We’re Improving
In Bedside Banter’s efforts to bring the website up to standard, I am targeting the following areas:
- Increasing summarized posts to meet reading comprehension less than 9th grade
This is part of our broader effort to make everyone’s experience at Bedside Banter a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.
Accessibility Support Contact
Bedside Banter welcomes comments, questions, and feedback on this website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using this website, please email bedsidebanter@protonmail.com. I will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.