Accessibility

The standard

This site aims to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA, and goes past it in one place that matters here: body text is held to the stricter AAA contrast level on every background used across the site.

That choice is not decoration. Anxiety measurably makes reading harder. If someone is on this site at 1am trying to work out whether to reach out, the words need to be genuinely easy to read, not technically compliant.

What that means in practice

• Contrast. Body text clears a 7:1 ratio against every background on the site. These were calculated, not eyeballed.
• Keyboard. Every link, button and form field can be reached and used with a keyboard alone, with a visible focus outline that does not rely on colour.
• Skip links. The first two things a keyboard or screen reader hits are a link to the main content and a link straight to crisis support.
• Touch targets. Anything you tap is at least 48 by 48 pixels, so it works with a shaky hand or a large thumb.
• Motion. If your device is set to reduce motion, the animations here stop. Nothing moves, fades or slides.
• Images. Every image has a text description. Decorative images are marked as decorative so a screen reader skips them instead of reading noise.
• Structure. One main heading per page and headings in order, so a screen reader can navigate by heading rather than reading everything.
• Without JavaScript. The site is readable and the contact form still sends if scripts are blocked or fail to load.
• Zoom. Text can be enlarged to 200 percent without anything overlapping or being cut off.

Where it may fall short

Booking happens in Jane, and the resources are PDFs. Those are not built by me and I cannot promise they meet the same standard. If you hit a wall in either, tell me and I will get you the information another way, including reading it to you on the phone.

If something here does not work for you

Please tell me. You will not be putting anybody out, and I would genuinely rather know. Email colasimonecounselling@gmail.com or call (780) 952-0091. Say what you were trying to do and what happened. I will reply within one business day and fix what I can.

If the thing you needed was information, I will send it to you in whatever format works, including over the phone. You should not have to fight a website to reach a psychologist.

See also the privacy policy and the terms of use.