Accessibility
Most of the people this work is about are in their seventies, eighties and nineties, so this matters on both sides: the website, and the sessions themselves.
This site is built to be read with a keyboard, a screen reader or at a larger text size, and every colour combination on it is checked against the WCAG AA contrast standard before it goes live. If something here does not work for you, tell me and I will fix it.
The website
What is deliberately in place:
- Every page works with the keyboard alone, and focus is visible as you move through it.
- Every page has a single clear heading structure and a main landmark, so a screen reader can move through it by section.
- Text colour against background is checked against the WCAG 2.1 AA contrast standard on every build. A page that fails does not get published.
- Text reflows at 390 pixels wide and at 200 per cent zoom without anything being cut off.
- Images that carry meaning have descriptions. Decorative ones are hidden from screen readers rather than described pointlessly.
- No pop-ups, no auto-playing anything, no cookie banner, because the site does not set cookies or track you.
What is not claimed: this site has not been through a formal external accessibility audit. The checks above are automated and run on every build, plus my own reading of the pages. If you find something they missed, tell me and it gets fixed rather than logged.
The conversations
This matters more than the website does.
Hearing. Sessions can be slower, closer, in a quiet room, with the hearing aid working and the television off. I do not mind repeating a question four times.
Sight. Nothing about this requires anybody to read anything. The questions are spoken. If you want to see the draft in large print, say so.
Mobility and stamina. I come to the person, rather than the other way round. Sessions can be much shorter, split over more visits, or done from a chair in a care home lounge. There is no set length anybody has to get through.
Memory. Shorter sessions, family welcome in the room, no pressure to be accurate about dates, and stopping when the day is not working. Dementia and writing down a parent’s story goes into this properly.
Not in person at all. For anybody housebound or a long way from Essex, we work out how to do it between us rather than rule it out. It matters less than people expect.
If there is something specific that would make this workable for somebody, ask. It is one person doing the work, so adapting it is a conversation rather than a process.
Last updated 20 September 2026.