Accessibility

Last reviewed 28 May 2026

Wasteland is committed to making wasteland.me usable by everyone, including people who rely on assistive technologies. We treat accessibility as part of how the site is built, not an afterthought.

Conformance status

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities. The public pages of this site are tested against the Level AA success criteria.

What we've done

• Semantic structure — landmark regions (header, navigation, main, footer) and a logical heading order on every page.
• Keyboard access — every interactive element is reachable and operable by keyboard, and a "Skip to content" link lets keyboard and screen-reader users bypass the masthead.
• Color contrast — text meets the WCAG AA contrast ratio (at least 4.5:1 for normal text) in both light and dark modes.
• Labels and status — form fields and link-style controls carry accessible names, and status messages are announced to assistive technology.
• No motion traps — no auto-playing media or content that flashes.

Known limitations

Some archived newsletter issues and any third-party embedded content may not fully meet every criterion. We fix issues as we find them — if you hit a barrier, tell us and we'll prioritize it.

Feedback

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on wasteland.me, email [email protected] and we'll respond promptly. Please include the page and what you were trying to do.

How we assess

We test using automated tooling (HTML_CodeSniffer against WCAG 2.1 AA) together with manual keyboard and screen-reader review. Last reviewed 28 May 2026.