Accessibility

• Contrast. Every text and background pair on the site comes from a fixed palette, and each pair was measured against the WCAG ratios (4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large text and for boundaries that carry meaning) before it was allowed into the design system. Colors that only pass on a dark background are not permitted as text on a light one. The result rows in the violation checker and the flags in the call log use the same measured pairs.
• Tap targets. Buttons, links in navigation, form controls, the choice tiles in the violation checker and the entry fields in the call log are at least 44 by 44 pixels. Most of the people reading this site are on a phone.
• Keyboard navigation. Everything you can do with a mouse you can do with a keyboard: the menu, the language selector, the forms, every link. Focus indicators are visible, not suppressed.
• The violation checker is keyboard operable. Every step is made of ordinary form controls: radio buttons for who is contacting you and where you live, checkboxes for what they did, a date field and a Today button for the most recent incident, and a button to copy your results. You can move through it with Tab and the arrow keys and choose with Space.
• The call log is keyboard operable. Each call is added with labeled fields for the date, the time, the collector, the type of contact and a note, and an Add to log button. The log table sits in a region you can scroll with the keyboard, and Download, Print, Clear the log and Keep my log on this device are ordinary buttons and a checkbox.
• Results are announced. The checker's result area and the call log's summary line are live regions. When you change an answer or add a call, a screen reader announces the new result without you having to hunt for it.
• Skip link. A "Skip to content" link is the first thing in the tab order on every page.
• Headings. One H1 per page, and headings in order, so a screen reader user can move through a page by section.
• Tables. Every data table has a header row and sits inside a region that can be scrolled with the keyboard on a narrow screen.
• Images. Every photograph carries descriptive alternative text. Decorative images are marked so that screen readers skip them.
• Motion. The small amount of motion on the site (a slow drift on dark sections, a fade as content comes into view) is turned off when your system asks for reduced motion, and nothing on the site is ever hidden until you scroll.
• Text size. The site is built in relative units and works at 200 percent browser zoom without horizontal scrolling.

If any part of this site is hard or impossible for you to use, tell us and we will fix it or get you the information another way. Call (718) 484-7510 or email info@usherlegal.com and say which page and what happened. A person, not a form, will answer.

The firm's own practice includes disability access cases, and we hold ourselves to the standard we ask of others.