Accessibility Statement

Biomicrology is committed to making its website accessible to all users, including people with disabilities. We work to ensure our digital content meets or exceeds the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) and aligns with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

Our Target Standard

We aim to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA across our public website. This includes:

• Perceivable content — text alternatives for non-text content, sufficient colour contrast, resizable text
• Operable interface — keyboard navigation, sufficient time to read content, no content that causes seizures
• Understandable content — readable language, predictable navigation, input assistance
• Robust markup — compatible with current and future assistive technologies

Known Limitations

While we strive for full accessibility, some areas are still being improved:

• [TBD — list specific known issues as identified during audit, e.g. “Some data visualisations in the dashboard do not yet have text alternatives”]

We are actively working to address these issues and will update this statement as improvements are made.

Assistive Technology Support

This website is tested with common assistive technologies including:

• Screen readers (VoiceOver on macOS/iOS, NVDA and JAWS on Windows)
• Keyboard-only navigation
• Browser zoom up to 200%

Feedback and Contact

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on our website or need content in an alternative format, please contact us:

Please include:

• The URL of the page where you encountered the issue
• A description of the problem
• The assistive technology or browser you were using

We aim to respond within 5 business days.

Formal Complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Review Schedule

This statement is reviewed annually or when significant changes are made to the website. Our next planned accessibility audit is [TBD].