Accessibility statement

Building adaptive environments where difference thrives is central to our mission, this extends far beyond our core services. The Spiky Bureau is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for our online visitors, including those who use assistive technology to navigate our pages.

We strive for to uphold an accessible website and welcome the opportunity to listen intently to the disabled community on improvements to enhance the user experience.

Accessibility features

Widget

We have added the Accessible Web Widget, an open source tool for online visitors to toggle key features that enhance their ability to engage with our content.

  • This widget is located at the bottom of the webpage on the left-hand side on both desktop and mobile

  • Click on the icon to open the accessibility options and toggle your desired selection to activate

  • You may need to wait a moment for the menu to load properly

  • Supported by the following browsers:

    • Chrome/Edge 88+

    • Firefox 78+

    • Safari 14+

    • iOS Safari 14+

    • Chrome for Android

Site Plan

View our static overview of our website to assist navigation

Formatting

  • Our information hierarchy is designed for compatibility with screen readers, through use of consistent header formatting across our pages

  • Our colour palette guidelines are informed by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), with Level AAA as our compliance target

  • Alt-text is not an after thought, it is engrained in our communication strategy

Disclaimer

The responsibility for maintaining an accessible website for all users is on us at The Spiky Bureau, and we’re constantly learning new ways we can show up for the disabled community to access our content. Our small and mighty team makes amendments as we learn new things, however in some cases we haven’t yet been able to fully adapt all of our content to the standard we hope for. It’s a work in progress! Please note that while we make every effort to uphold WCAG guidelines, The Spiky Bureau cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites linked across our site.