Accessibility statement — Resonant Studios

Our commitment

We aim for WCAG 2.2 Level AA across every interactive surface of the Resonant Studios website. For long-form reading (body copy and articles), we target Level AAA contrast (7:1).

We test this on every change, and we'll keep refining as the website grows. Accessibility is never "done" — it's a posture.

What we've built in

Visual

Light and dark themes. Pick what's easiest on your eyes. The site follows your operating-system preference by default, and you can override it via the Accessibility menu.
No pure black. The dark theme uses a warm slate (#181C1F) instead of #000 — avoids the halation effect that some readers (especially those with astigmatism) get from white text on pure black.
High-contrast mode. Toggle "More contrast" in the Accessibility menu to thicken borders and strengthen edges.
Honours prefers-contrast: more. If your operating system or browser is set to high contrast, the website picks it up automatically.

Reading

Easy-read mode. Bumps body text to 1.125rem with a 45-character measure and tighter spacing — useful if smaller text is a struggle.
Dyslexia-friendly font. One click in the Accessibility menu switches the body face to Atkinson Hyperlegible, designed specifically to improve character recognition for low-vision and dyslexic readers.
Plain English Australia targets. Most participant-facing copy is written to a Year 7 reading level or simpler.
Acronyms spelled out on first use (we'll always say "NDIS — National Disability Insurance Scheme" the first time).

Motion

Reduce motion. Toggle in the Accessibility menu, or set prefers-reduced-motion: reduce at the OS level. Transitions collapse to zero and any movement disappears.
No autoplay video or audio. Anywhere. If we ever add audio or video, we'll always require you to start it.
No parallax, springs, bouncing, or auto-rotating carousels. Out-expo easing only, durations capped at 420 ms.

Keyboard and assistive tech

Skip link. The first thing the keyboard lands on every page is a "Skip to content" link that jumps over the navigation.
Visible focus rings. Every focusable element shows a 2 px primary-coloured outline with a 2 px offset, on every page, always. We never set outline: none.
48 × 48 px touch targets for any journey-advancing action (Material spec, larger than Apple's 44 px floor).
Single H1 per page with no skipped heading levels — screen-reader navigation by heading works as expected.
lang="en-AU" set on every page so screen readers pronounce content with Australian English.
Visible labels on every form field — never placeholder-as-label. Required fields show a visible asterisk and an aria-required attribute plus a screen-reader-only "Required".
Errors announced via role="alert" in plain language that tells you how to fix the problem.

Bandwidth and devices

Honours prefers-reduced-data. If your browser signals it, heavy hero imagery collapses to a solid colour fallback.
Responsive layouts work down to 320 px wide. We test on phones, tablets, and desktops.

What might not work yet

We're transparent about where we know we have work to do:

The forms embedded in /book, /contact, and /for-support-coordinators render inside an iframe and don't fully follow our design system's focus and contrast styling. We've applied a tokenised CSS theme to bring them as close as possible. If a form is hard to use, please call Tony on 0480 893 303 or email info@resonantstudios.com.au — we'll book your call manually.
Photography on the website currently uses descriptive alternative text for images that carry meaning, and is marked decorative where it doesn't. We review this on every change.

If something isn't working for you

Please tell us. We want to know and we'll fix it as soon as we can.

Email: info@resonantstudios.com.au
Phone: 0480 893 303

If you're reporting an accessibility barrier, please describe what happened, what you were trying to do, and what assistive technology you were using (if any). We'll acknowledge within 2 business days and try to fix or work around the issue within 14 days.