Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment

Aelira is an accessibility compliance platform. We believe the web should be usable by everyone, and we hold ourselves to the same standards we help universities meet.

We are committed to ensuring that our website and platform are accessible to people with disabilities, including those who use assistive technologies such as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices.

Conformance Target

We target conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. These guidelines are published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and define requirements for making web content more accessible.

While we strive for full conformance, we recognise that some areas may not yet fully meet every criterion. We are actively working to identify and address any gaps.

What We Do

• Use semantic HTML throughout the site for proper document structure
• Provide text alternatives for non-text content, including images and icons
• Ensure sufficient colour contrast ratios (minimum 4.5:1 for body text)
• Support keyboard navigation for all interactive elements
• Include a skip-to-content link for keyboard users
• Respect user preferences for reduced motion
• Ensure forms have associated labels and clear error messages
• Support both light and dark colour modes

Known Limitations

We are aware of the following areas where accessibility can be improved:

• Some third-party embedded content (analytics, cookie consent) may not be fully accessible
• Older PDF reports generated before our accessibility updates may lack proper tagging
• Some interactive data visualisations in the dashboard are being updated with ARIA live regions

We are actively working to resolve these issues.

Testing

We test our website using a combination of:

• Automated scanning with axe-core (the same engine that powers our platform), run against every page tier on each build
• Lighthouse accessibility audits on every build, gated at a perfect score — a regression fails the build rather than being logged
• Manual keyboard navigation testing across all pages
• Screen reader testing with VoiceOver (macOS) and NVDA (Windows)
• Colour contrast verification using WCAG 2.1 AA criteria

Most recent result (14 August 2026): 38 of 38 automated accessibility checks passing with zero critical or serious violations, and a Lighthouse accessibility score of 100 across the pages we audit. We publish this result because a conformance target is only meaningful alongside the measurement behind it.

Third-Party Audits

We have not yet commissioned an independent third-party audit. Everything reported above is our own testing, and we would rather say so plainly than imply external validation we do not have. A formal WCAG 2.1 AA conformance assessment and Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) are planned, and both the results and the auditor will be published on this page once that work is complete.

Report an Issue

If you encounter any accessibility barriers while using our website or platform, we want to hear from you. Please contact us with:

• A description of the issue you encountered
• The page URL where the issue occurred
• The assistive technology you were using (if applicable)

Email: [email protected]

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 5 business days.