We are building a platform for families of disabled people. Making it accessible to everyone who needs it is not optional — it is the point.
Last updated: June 2025 · Applies to autismawarenesszimbabwe.com
Autism Awareness Zimbabwe is committed to making our website and courses accessible to as many people as possible. Our community includes parents and carers who may themselves have disabilities, autistic adults who access our resources directly, and families using older devices or slower internet connections in Zimbabwe and across Africa.
We recognise that accessibility is a journey, not a destination. This statement is honest about where we are now and where we are working to improve.
Every page and course is fully usable on a smartphone — designed first for parents accessing on mobile in Zimbabwe and Africa.
All interactive elements including course navigation, forms and buttons can be accessed using a keyboard alone.
Users who have enabled the "reduce motion" setting on their device will see reduced animations across the site.
Keyboard focus is clearly visible on all interactive elements — buttons, links, and form fields.
All content is written in clear, plain English. Legal and policy pages avoid jargon. Course content avoids clinical terminology where possible.
Key resources are available in English, Shona and Ndebele — removing language barriers for families who are more comfortable in their home language.
We are working to ensure all images include descriptive alternative text for screen reader users.
We have aimed for strong contrast throughout but are continuing to audit and improve contrast ratios across all pages.
We are a small, independently run platform and we are honest that we have not yet achieved full WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance across every page. Known limitations include:
Our courses are text-based and work on any modern browser. They do not require specialist software, apps, or high-bandwidth connections. They are designed to work on the kinds of devices most common in our community — Android smartphones, Chromebooks, and basic laptops.
If you are using a screen reader and encounter a specific barrier, please tell us. We will prioritise fixing it.
If you experience any accessibility barrier on our site — something that prevents you from reading content, completing a form, navigating a course, or downloading a resource — please contact us. We take these reports seriously and will respond within 5 working days.
Please tell us which page or course you were using, what you were trying to do, and what went wrong. This helps us fix it faster.
If you have contacted us about an accessibility issue and are not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) in the UK at equalityadvisoryservice.com, or the Equality and Human Rights Commission at equalityhumanrights.com.
We review this statement annually and update it whenever we make significant changes to the site. We are committed to improving accessibility continuously because it matters — not just as a legal requirement, but because the families this platform exists to serve deserve to be able to use it.