Accessibility

I have students with visual impairments and other disabilities, and I have cystic fibrosis myself. Accessibility has never been an abstract question here. This page says what I actually do about it, and what to tell me when it is not enough.

On this website

Nothing on this site is set below 16 pixels, and most body text is larger
Text and background colours are chosen to meet the WCAG AA contrast standard, not to look close enough
Images carry alt text describing what is in them
Headings are structured so a screen reader can navigate the page by them, and numbers that are data are not disguised as headings
Form fields have labels that are read aloud even where they are not shown on screen
Pages work at phone width without sideways scrolling

In my courses and sessions

Course materials use the same large, high-contrast text
Support sessions are recorded with transcripts, so you can find a topic by timestamp instead of scrubbing through video
Recordings play at adjustable speed
Live sessions are scheduled in CET, which is the morning across the Americas
Students in Asia and the Pacific get at least one session a month at a time that works where they are
Everything live is also available recorded, for anyone who cannot attend

Where I know I fall short

One thing I know about and cannot fix: the platform this site is built on does not output landmark regions, so a screen reader user cannot jump between the main parts of a page as easily as they should be able to. I have looked for a way around it and have not found one.

Beyond that, somewhere there will be an image missing its description, or a transcript that got a word wrong. I would rather know than not know. Tell me when you find one.

Tell me what you need

If something here does not work for you, or you need a material in a different format, write to me through the contact form or at info@tishaklemetz.com and tell me what would help. I will look at what I can adapt. This is not a formality: I have changed how I deliver things more than once because a student told me to.

Where this stands legally

The European Accessibility Act has applied to online services since June 2025, but it exempts microenterprises, and this is one. So none of what is on this page is required of me.

I do it because I need some of it myself, and because a resource nobody can use is not a resource.