Connecting Late Antiquities

Accessibility Statement for Connecting Late Antiquities

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

People filter page

  • Some interactive elements, such as date slider handles, are currently not accessible to screen reader users or those using assistive technologies.
  • For the Dates Attested bar chart, the full date range may not fit within the visible screen area, and users may need to manually scroll to explore earlier or later time periods to adjust the slider handles.
  • Tooltips for each vertical bar in the Dates Attested bar chart are not accessible to keyboard-only users or screen reader users. The bars themselves are not focusable as interactive elements, making them invisible to assistive technologies.
  • The people filter section may create difficulties for first-time users or those on smaller devices, and users must navigate through all filters linearly to discover multiple filtering options. To make the most of the site's features and filters, we recommend using a larger screen, such as a tablet, laptop, or desktop.
  • The people table remains accessible and readable on smaller screens, but its layout can become visually compressed, which may impact usability. For the best user experience, we recommend accessing this page on a larger screen, where the full interface is easier to navigate.

Places page

  • The interactive location markers on the map are displayed using Leaflet elements. Currently, these markers are not accessible via keyboard navigation because they do not have focusable areas - pressing the tab key will skip over them entirely. As a result, keyboard-only and screen reader users cannot access information such as popup boxes or linked person entries associated with places.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed above.

This page is based on the sample template provided by gov.uk.