Accessibility Statement

1. Our commitment

Spooniversity is built for people with chronic illness and disability — including the person who built it. We are committed to meeting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA across all publicly accessible pages.

This isn't a compliance checkbox. Accessibility is our product. If something doesn't work for your body, that is a bug, not a limitation.

2. What we've built

We have implemented the following accessibility features:

• Crash Day Mode — a one-tap simplified view with enlarged text, high contrast, disabled animations, enlarged touch targets, and reduced cognitive load. Designed specifically for flare days, brain fog, and low-spoon moments.

• Reduced motion — all animations and transitions are disabled when your device has "Prefer Reduced Motion" enabled, or when you activate it manually in your accessibility settings.

• Dyslexia-friendly font — OpenDyslexic font (with Comic Sans / Arial fallback) can be activated from the accessibility menu. Increases letter spacing, word spacing, and line height.

• Font scaling — four scale steps (small, medium, large, extra-large) available without zooming the entire browser.

• High-contrast themes — multiple high-contrast options including a pure black/white crash day mode and a high-contrast dark theme. All verified against WCAG AA contrast ratios.

• 44px minimum touch targets — all interactive elements meet or exceed the WCAG 2.5.8 minimum touch target size.

• Skip navigation — a "Skip to main content" link is the first focusable element on every page.

• Keyboard navigation — all interactive elements are reachable and operable by keyboard. Tab order follows visual reading order.

3. Known limitations

We are honest about what isn't perfect yet:

• Session timeout warnings — we do not yet show a warning before session expiry. If your session expires while you're mid-lesson, you'll be redirected to sign in. We are working on adding a timeout warning with a one-click extension.

• Admin pages — some internal admin routes lack full breadcrumb navigation. These pages are only accessible to platform administrators and not visible to learners, but we are cleaning them up.

• Internationalisation (i18n) — the platform is currently English-only. Hebrew and German interfaces are in development. Screen readers using RTL layouts may encounter minor layout issues on some components.

4. How to report an issue

If you encounter an accessibility barrier — anything that makes the platform harder to use because of a disability, health condition, or assistive technology — please tell us.

Email: hello@spooniversity.org

We respond within 48 hours. Include what page you were on, what you were trying to do, and what happened (or didn't happen). You do not need to diagnose the problem — just describe your experience.

We treat every accessibility report as a high-priority bug.

5. Enforcement

If you are not satisfied with our response to your accessibility complaint, you have the right to escalate to the relevant national supervisory authority.

In Austria, this is:

Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde Barichgasse 40–42, 1030 Wien www.dsb.gv.at

For web accessibility complaints within the EU, you may also contact the relevant digital accessibility body in your member state.

6. Technical approach

This platform is built with Next.js and uses semantic HTML throughout. We use ARIA attributes where native HTML semantics are insufficient. We test with keyboard-only navigation and VoiceOver (macOS/iOS) during development.

All accessibility settings are stored in your browser (localStorage) and are not tied to your account. They persist across sessions on the same device and apply immediately without page reload.