Update accessibility statement and add WCAG guideline link

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title: Accessibility title: Accessibility
keyword: accessibility statement keyword: accessibility statement
updated: 2024-05-22 updated: 2024-05-26
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Even though this website is primarily meant to be my own space of self-expression, I also want every visitor to my website to have the best possible experience of browsing my website. Therefore, I strive to design this website to be accessible, including to disabled and neurodivergent people. Even though this website is primarily meant to be my own space of self-expression, I also want every visitor to my website to have the best possible experience of browsing my website. Therefore, I strive to design this website to be accessible, including to disabled and neurodivergent people, by aiming to meet [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/).
Currently, this site includes the following accessibility features: This site uses the [Lexend](https://www.lexend.com/) font family as the default font and [Intel One Mono](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/one-monospace-font.html) as the monospace font to improve text readability.
* Fully responsive and mobile-friendly layout
* Semantic HTML
* Alt text for all non-decorative images
* No autoplaying music or video
* No animated images
* Proper colour contrast for backgrounds, text, and links
* Makes font sizes scalable by use relative units such as rem/em instead of absolute units such as px
* Site is functional up to 200% text zoom
* Allows reader mode to be enabled for articles and blog posts
* Visible outline when an interactive element is focused
* Uses the [Lexend](https://www.lexend.com/) font family as the default font and [Intel One Mono](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/one-monospace-font.html) as the monospace font to improve text readability
I use the following tools to test my site for accessibility: I use the following tools to test my site for accessibility:
* WebAIM's [WAVE Browser Extension](https://wave.webaim.org/extension/) * WebAIM's [WAVE Browser Extension](https://wave.webaim.org/extension/)
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In addition, I test the accessibility of my website manually by navigating with keyboard alone. In addition, I test the accessibility of my website manually by navigating with keyboard alone.
Feedbacks from disabled and neurodivergent people are welcome. You can [contact me via email](mailto:{{sitemeta.siteAuthor.email}}) for feedbacks and suggestions for improving the accessibility of this site Feedbacks from disabled and neurodivergent people are welcome. You can [contact me via email](mailto:{{sitemeta.siteAuthor.email}}) for feedbacks and suggestions for improving the accessibility of this site.