Accessibility statement

What we are aiming for

We built this site to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA, and to go past that where it cost us nothing to do so — most of the text on this site clears the stricter Level AAA contrast requirement, for instance.

That target guided the build; it is not a certificate. Nobody outside our small volunteer group has audited this site, and we have not tested it with someone who uses a screen reader every day. We checked it ourselves, by hand and with automated tools, which is a real thing and also a limited one. Say so if it falls short — see below.

What that means on the page

• Text is never smaller than 18 pixels, anywhere on the site, and headings scale up from there. There is no fine print to squint at.
• Every color pairing was checked, not guessed. That holds in this site's dark background and in the lighter band at the top and bottom of each page.
• Links are always underlined, not just colored, so you do not need to see color to tell a link from plain text.
• Every button and link is at least 44 pixels tall, which is large enough to tap reliably on a phone.
• The whole site works from a keyboard alone. Tab through it in order, and a "skip to main content" link appears the moment you press Tab, so you do not have to tab through the menu on every single page.
• Headings are in a real order — one main heading per page, then subheadings underneath it in order — so a screen reader's list of headings matches the page you are actually on.
• Nothing moves or flashes on its own. If you have told your phone or computer that you prefer reduced motion, this site honors that automatically and turns its (small amount of) motion off.
• The site holds up at 200% browser zoom — and further — without text or buttons overlapping or running off the edge of the screen.
• Nothing on the site depends on JavaScript running. Every page works if scripts are blocked, fail to load, or your browser is too old to run them — which matters on an older phone or a slow connection.
• Photographs have real descriptions written for anyone using a screen reader, not just a filename.
• The map of chapters on the home page is an extra, not a shortcut. It has a text description built in for screen readers, but the list of chapters next to it is the real, fully clickable way to find yours.
• The scam guide has its own printed version. Print it and it comes out in plain black text on white paper, with web addresses spelled out, so it reads well off the page and is worth handing to someone who is not online at all.

If a session itself needs to work differently

This page is about the website. If you are asking about an in-person session — larger print on the slides, speaking more slowly, a microphone, seating — that is answered on the host a session page, under "Is the session accessible?" Tell us what your group needs when you book and we will work with it.

Tell us about a problem

If a page is hard to read, a control does not work with your keyboard or screen reader, or anything else about using this site does not work the way it should, email Oliver.futurefinance@gmail.com. Tell us the page and what happened, and a person will read it and get back to you — see contact for how quickly.

Changes to this page

If we redesign the site, add a feature, or find something that does not hold up, this page changes with it. Future Finance for Seniors is a small volunteer group, so the honest review schedule is: whenever the site changes.