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Accessibility Statement

Last updated: 29 April 2026.

Barna.News aims to be usable by as many people as possible, regardless of ability or device. This statement describes the standards we target, the techniques we use, known limitations and how to report issues.

Standards

We target Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, Level AA. The site is progressively enhanced: the core reading experience works with JavaScript disabled, screen-reader software and keyboard-only navigation.

What we have done

  • Semantic HTML throughout: real headings, lists, nav regions, figures, articles and footers.
  • ARIA labels on interactive components (carousels, tickers, tag navigation, site search).
  • Keyboard navigation for every interactive element on the site, including carousel previous, next and dot controls.
  • Visible focus states on all focusable elements.
  • Colour contrast tested to WCAG 2.1 AA on every theme variant we ship.
  • Respect for the prefers-reduced-motion media query: carousels stop auto-advancing and tickers stop scrolling for users who prefer reduced motion.
  • Explicit alt text on all editorial images and decorative marking on presentational ones.
  • Text resizing: our layout works up to 200% browser zoom without horizontal scrolling on desktop.

Known limitations

  • Some embedded third-party content (X / Twitter posts, BlueSky posts, YouTube and TikTok embeds) inherits the accessibility behaviour of its host platform, which we do not control.
  • Older articles may not have full alt text on every image, we are backfilling.
  • Newsletter sign-up flows are powered by Ghost and adopt Ghost's accessibility behaviour.

Reporting an issue

If you experience an accessibility barrier on Barna.News, email [email protected] with the URL, what you tried to do, and what failed. We acknowledge accessibility reports within 24 hours and, where remediation is possible, fix issues within 14 days.

Standards we do not (yet) meet

We do not currently publish a formal accessibility audit. We do not provide audio descriptions for video. Where we fall short, we will be transparent about it on this page.