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Accessibility

Everyone should be able to use this website - including visitors who rely on screen readers, keyboard navigation, or other assistive technology. We work to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA.

What is in place

  • Full keyboard navigation, including the menus - with a skip-to-content link and a clearly visible focus indicator
  • Text and background colours checked against WCAG AA contrast standards
  • Descriptive text alternatives for images; decorative images are hidden from screen readers
  • A consistent heading structure and page landmarks for assistive technology
  • Status messages (form results, search counts) announced to screen readers
  • Animations disabled for visitors whose device requests reduced motion
  • Translation into seven languages via the language menu at the top of every page
  • Third-party content (videos, maps, calendars) loads only on request, with clearly labelled buttons

Known limitations

  • Once loaded, the YouTube player and Google maps/calendars are third-party software - their internal controls are outside our control, though YouTube's own player does support keyboard use and captions
  • Translations are machine-generated by Google Translate and may contain errors; the English pages are the authoritative version
  • Some linked publications (such as magazine PDFs) are produced by other organisations and may not be fully accessible

How we test

Every page is checked with automated accessibility tooling (axe-core, against WCAG 2.1 A and AA rules) and tested by hand with keyboard-only navigation. The last full audit was in August 2026, and testing is repeated as the site changes.

Browsers

The site works in current versions of Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Samsung Internet, and in the two previous major versions of each. On iPhones and iPads it needs iOS 16.4 or later for the intended design; on iOS 15 the pages still load and read as plain text. Every page works with JavaScript turned off. If something does not work in your browser, tell us and we will fix it or send you the content another way.

Found a problem?

If any part of this site is difficult for you to use, please tell us and we will do our best to fix it. Email fr.justin@durhamorthodox.church.