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Accessibility Statement

This is an English translation provided for convenience. In case of discrepancy, the Italian version prevails.

This statement was last updated on 27 September 2026.

I'm committed to making the website www.coalesce.coach accessible to people with disabilities.

What Web Accessibility is

An accessible site allows visitors with disabilities to navigate the website with the same level of ease and enjoyment as other visitors, or with a similar level. This can be achieved thanks to the features of the platform on which the site is based and through assistive technologies.

Accessibility adaptations on this site

I follow the WCAG 2.2 Level AA guidelines, the latest version of the standard, including the criteria it introduced over WCAG 2.1 (such as minimum touch-target size). The contents are optimized to work with assistive technologies, such as screen readers and keyboard navigation, and I work to improve accessibility continuously. In particular, I have:

  • Set the language of the site: allows screen reader users and other tools to correctly identify the language of the content.
  • Defined the order of the contents of the site's pages: ensures logical and predictable navigation for all users, with a main landmark and a "skip to content" link.
  • Established clear heading structures on all the site's pages: organizes the content in a structured way and facilitates navigation.
  • Added alternative text to images: provides a textual description of the image content for screen reader users and for those with visual impairments.
  • Implemented color combinations that meet the required contrast: improves the readability of the text for users with vision problems.
  • A control to stop the animations: at the bottom of every page there is a "Reduce animations" button, which stops everything that moves on its own (the starfield background, the comet, the technology ribbon) and stays set on your next visits. You get the same result by enabling reduced motion on your device (prefers-reduced-motion), under Settings → Accessibility → "Visual effects" / "Reduce motion" on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android: when that is on, the site respects it without you touching the button.
  • Accessible forms: labels associated with fields, errors announced to assistive technologies (aria-invalid, role="alert") and focus moved automatically to the first invalid field.
  • Accessible mobile navigation: the menu opens via keyboard, closes with Esc and returns focus to the toggle button.
  • Adequate touch targets: buttons, links and controls are sized for touch use (WCAG 2.2 "Target Size" criterion).
  • Visible focus indicator: links and controls clearly show when they are selected via keyboard.
  • External links flagged: across the whole site, links to external pages show a dedicated icon, so you know in advance the link leaves the site.

Conformance status

This statement reflects an internal self-assessment, not a third-party or government audit. One departure from WCAG 2.2 is known and is declared below; apart from that, no departures from the Level AA criteria are currently known. If you find another one, please report it through the contacts below and I'll verify and fix it. You can consult the official criteria text in the W3C WCAG 2.2 Quick Reference.

Known departure

  • 2.5.3 Label in Name, a Level A criterion, on the wordmark that opens this site. Its accessible name is "COalesCE" and is stated explicitly, while the visible text becomes "COLACE" with "alessandro" beneath it when the logo is expanded: in the footer on narrow screens, on hover on desktop, and always, on every page, when reduced motion is on. The name is declared by hand on purpose: the "C" is a glyph marked as hidden from screen readers and is never spoken, while the remaining letters are read as separate fragments rather than as the word "COalesCE". A name that can actually be pronounced takes precedence over the letter-for-letter match, and the departure is declared here for completeness.

Requests, Issues and Suggestions

If you encounter an accessibility issue on the site or if you need further assistance, you can contact me through the accessibility representative: