Accessibility Statement

Accessibility is ongoing work. Accessible Lines was created by including blind and low-vision people, along with others with lived experience of disability, exclusion, recognising that people face barriers in different and overlapping ways.

Accessible Lines is a project that brings together illustrators from the UK and Turkey to make visual art accessible. We believe accessibility needs to be part of everything we do. From the moment an idea forms to what you actually experience when you visit our site, we're committed to designing with disabled people, not just for them. Both form and function matter when we're building inclusion, equity, agency, innovation, and pride.

Honestly, this work is never done. Digital accessibility keeps changing. New tools emerge, best practices evolve, and we learn more all the time. We're committed to constantly reviewing and improving how our website and content work for everyone.

What We're Working Toward

We aim to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards. These are international standards that help make web content work better for disabled people.

This means making sure our content is:

Perceivable: You can see, hear, or otherwise sense it
Operable: You can navigate and use it
Understandable: The information is clear
Robust: It works with different technologies

What We Offer

Our illustrations come with:

Audio descriptions created by the illustrators themselves, complete with custom sound design
Full transcripts of audio descriptions in English and Turkish
Alternative text for images throughout the site
Lexend typeface for improved readability, especially for dyslexic users and people with reading difficulties.
High colour contrast standards throughout the website to ensure text is easy to read.

If you need any of our content in a different format, please get in touch, and we'll work with you to make it accessible.

What Works (and What We've Tested)

We've tested our site with a screen reader and accessibility checkers. Our audio content is available on our website, YouTube and SoundCloud for flexible listening, and we provide a transcript. Most of our content is designed specifically for blind and low-vision users, as this is the community at the heart of this project.

What We're Still Working On

We're hosted on Wix, which means some aspects of the underlying code are outside our control. We've done everything we can within the platform to optimise accessibility, but there are some back-end limitations we can't directly fix. We're aware of these barriers and are actively exploring workarounds and advocating with Wix for improvements.

If you encounter technical issues that seem related to the platform itself, please still let us know. We document all feedback and use it to push for better solutions, whether that's finding creative fixes within Wix's constraints.

Talk to Us

If something isn't working for you on our website, or you have thoughts on how we could do better, please get in touch at info@accessiblelines.com. We genuinely want to hear from you.

Your feedback matters, especially if you're a blind or low-vision user or have lived experience of exclusion. It genuinely helps us grow and make Accessible Lines more inclusive.

Last updated: December 2025