Accessibility Statement

1. Our Commitment

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities, including visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments.

Accessibility is not a checkbox. It is a continuous practice. We review our pages regularly, fix reported issues promptly, and treat accessibility improvements as a first-class development priority alongside new features and security updates.

2. Supported Accessibility Features

This website includes a built-in Accessibility Widget (the icon at the bottom-left of the screen on desktop, top-right on mobile) that provides the following controls:

• Text Size Adjustment: Increase or decrease the base font size across the site
• High Contrast Mode: Increases text and background contrast for improved legibility
• Invert Colors: Inverts the page colour scheme for light-sensitive users
• Grayscale Mode: Renders the page in greyscale for users with colour vision deficiencies
• Readable Font: Switches decorative fonts to a clean system sans-serif font for improved readability
• Underline Links: Underlines all hyperlinks so they are not identified by colour alone
• Pause Animations: Stops all CSS animations and transitions
• Reduce Motion: Minimises all movement effects, respecting motion sensitivity
• Highlight Focus: Applies a high-visibility focus ring to all keyboard-focused elements

All preferences are saved automatically in your browser using localStorage and persist across sessions.

3. Keyboard Navigation

All interactive elements on this website are fully operable using a keyboard:

• Tab: Move forward through focusable elements
• Shift + Tab: Move backward through focusable elements
• Enter / Space: Activate buttons, links and toggles
• Escape: Close open panels, modals and menus
• Arrow keys: Navigate within composite widgets (forms, menus)

A Skip to main content link is provided at the top of every page, allowing keyboard users to bypass the navigation and reach the primary content directly.

The mobile navigation drawer is fully keyboard accessible. The Accessibility Widget panel implements a focus trap that keeps keyboard focus within the panel while it is open.

4. Screen Reader Support

This website is designed to be compatible with modern screen readers, including NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver (macOS and iOS), and TalkBack (Android). We use the following techniques to support screen reader users:

• Semantic HTML5 elements (main, nav, header, footer, section) throughout all pages
• ARIA landmark roles where semantic HTML is insufficient
• aria-label attributes on icon-only buttons (navigation menu, close buttons, accessibility trigger)
• aria-expanded on collapsible elements (hamburger menu, accessibility panel)
• aria-current="page" on active navigation links
• aria-live regions for dynamic content updates (text size label, form validation)
• role="switch" and aria-checked on accessibility toggle controls
• role="dialog", aria-modal="true" and aria-label on modal panels
• Decorative images marked with aria-hidden="true"
• All meaningful images include descriptive alt text
• Form inputs are associated with visible <label> elements

5. Colour Contrast

The VIP Connector uses a dark premium design with gold text on dark backgrounds. Our primary text colours meet the WCAG 2.2 AA minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text:

• Primary text (#ffe6a2 on #020100): contrast ratio approximately 12:1
• Muted text (#b9a16f on #020100): contrast ratio approximately 5.5:1
• Gold accent (#d7a83d on #020100): contrast ratio approximately 7.2:1

The High Contrast mode in the Accessibility Widget provides additional contrast enhancement for users who require it.

6. Responsive Design and Zoom

All pages are fully responsive and tested across mobile, tablet and desktop viewports. The layout adapts to screen widths from 320px upward. The site is designed to support browser zoom up to 400% without loss of content or functionality, in accordance with WCAG 2.2 Success Criterion 1.4.4 (Resize Text).

Touch targets on mobile devices are sized to meet the WCAG 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) guideline (24×24 CSS pixels minimum, 44×44 where practical).

7. Motion and Animations

This website includes decorative particle animations on most pages. These animations automatically respect the user’s prefers-reduced-motion OS/browser setting. Particles are suppressed when this preference is detected.

In addition, the Accessibility Widget provides explicit Pause Animations and Reduce Motioncontrols for users who need to override animations independently of their system setting.

Legal pages (Privacy Policy, Terms, Cookies, etc.) are intentionally particle-free.

8. Forms and Registration

The participant registration form is a multi-step wizard with the following accessibility features:

• All inputs are associated with visible labels
• Required fields are indicated both visually and via aria-required
• Validation errors are communicated via aria-invalid and descriptive error messages
• Progress indicator uses aria-valuenow, aria-valuemin and aria-valuemax
• Step transitions are announced to screen readers via aria-live regions
• Country selector and all dropdown elements are keyboard-navigable

9. Known Limitations

We are aware of the following areas currently under review:

• Magnetic particle canvas: The interactive particle canvas is a visual decoration element and does not convey information. It is marked as aria-hidden="true" and is non-interactive for assistive technology users. It is suppressed on legal pages and when reduced motion is preferred.
• Complex data charts: The admin dashboard (a private, password-protected area) contains SVG charts that currently lack data table alternatives. This is planned for a future release.

10. Technical Specification

This website is built using:

• Next.js 14: React framework with server-side rendering and static generation
• Semantic HTML5: correct use of landmark elements and heading hierarchy
• CSS custom properties: consistent design tokens enabling theme changes without JavaScript
• No client-side JavaScript required for core page content. All pages render meaningful content server-side.

Accessibility features have been tested using keyboard-only navigation, macOS VoiceOver, and manual WCAG 2.2 checklist review.

11. Continuous Improvement

We are committed to an ongoing programme of accessibility improvement. This includes:

• Reviewing new features against WCAG 2.2 AA before deployment
• Acting on user-reported accessibility issues within 10 business days
• Performing a full accessibility review with each major release
• Monitoring browser and assistive technology support changes

12. Feedback and Contact

If you experience any difficulty accessing content on this website, or if you have suggestions for how we can improve accessibility, please contact us. We welcome all feedback and will respond promptly.

Accessibility Contact: Mark Zusmanovich
Email: tracyk@thevipconnector.com
Phone: +972 54 562 3580

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 5 business days and to resolve reported issues within 10 business days where technically feasible.

13. Enforcement

If you are not satisfied with our response to an accessibility concern, you may contact the relevant national authority responsible for enforcing accessibility regulations in your jurisdiction.

14. Changes to This Statement

This Accessibility Statement will be updated as we make improvements to the website and as accessibility standards evolve. The version number and date at the top of this page reflect the most recent update.