Last updated: 6 June 2026
About Autism is built around a simple belief: acceptance, not awareness, and environments, not endurance. That belief shapes this website too. We want everyone to be able to read, understand, and use this site comfortably — including autistic and other neurodivergent people, people who use screen readers or keyboards, and anyone who finds busy pages tiring.
This statement explains what we have done, the tools available to you, what we know is not perfect yet, and how to tell us if something gets in your way.
The standard we aim for
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 at level AA. These are the international guidelines for making web content easier to use for people with a wide range of needs. We are not claiming full conformance — we treat accessibility as ongoing work rather than a box we have ticked.
How we have built the site for accessibility
- Plain English, short sentences, and clear headings, so pages are easier to scan and understand.
- A logical heading structure and a “skip to content” link, so keyboard and screen-reader users can move around quickly.
- Colour choices checked for contrast, using our brand navy and sky-blue against clear backgrounds.
- Text descriptions (alt text) on meaningful images, and decorative images marked so they do not clutter screen readers.
- Layouts that respond to your screen size and to browser zoom, so you can make text larger without breaking the page.
- Visible focus outlines, so you can always see where you are when using a keyboard.
The accessibility toolbar
You will find an accessibility button in the bottom-right corner of every page (a person icon in our brand navy). Opening it gives you quick controls to adjust the page to suit you, including:
- Larger text and more line spacing
- A more readable font and adjusted text alignment
- Higher contrast or greyscale colours
- A reading mask to focus on one line at a time
- Pausing animations and hiding images, to reduce sensory load
- Highlighting links and showing the page structure
This toolbar is a helpful extra, not a replacement for the site’s own accessibility. It works best alongside the tools you already trust — your screen reader, your browser’s zoom, and the accessibility settings built into your phone or computer. If those work better for you, please keep using them.
Things we know are not perfect yet
- Some downloadable documents (such as PDFs) may not yet be fully accessible. If you need one in a different format, please ask and we will help.
- Content from third parties — such as embedded forms or maps — may not fully meet the same standard, as we do not control how it is built.
- As we add new content, some of it may temporarily fall short while we review it.
Tell us if something gets in your way
If you find anything hard to use, read, or access on this site, we want to know — your feedback helps us fix it. Email hello@aboutautism.co.uk, tell us what happened and which page you were on, and we will reply within five working days. If you need information from the site in a different format, ask us and we will do our best to provide it.
About this statement
This is a voluntary accessibility statement. We review it regularly and update the date at the top whenever it changes.