Accessibility

Last updated August 18, 2026.

The target

This site aims to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA, and Level AAA for body text contrast. The audience is often tired, on a small screen, in poor light, so legibility is treated as a core requirement rather than a compliance exercise.

What that means in practice

• Body text is 18px minimum and does not shrink on small screens.
• No information is carried by colour alone. Every status and severity level also carries a text label.
• Core provider information renders without JavaScript. Maps and filters are enhancements, never requirements.
• Every control is a real button or link with an accessible name, reachable and operable by keyboard, with a visible focus indicator. Icon-only controls carry a text label for screen readers.
• Each page has one main heading and a logical heading order, labelled landmark regions, a skip-to-content link, and breadcrumb navigation.
• Every map is accompanied by the same information as a list or table, so nothing depends on the map itself.
• Forms label every field, mark required fields, and announce errors and confirmations to screen readers.
• Motion respects the reduced-motion setting.
• Statutory citations stay visible alongside any plain-language explanation, so the primary source is never hidden behind a paraphrase.

Where it stands

The public pages have been reviewed against WCAG 2.2 Level AA through code review and automated checks, and the site conforms with a small number of minor refinements still in progress. Testing with assistive technology is ongoing, and this page will note anything found and how it was resolved. If a specific barrier is confirmed, it is listed here until it is fixed.

Reporting a barrier

If something here is unusable for you, write to [email protected] describing the page and what went wrong. I will fix it and reply.