Accessibility
Statement

Conformance Status

This website is designed to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. WCAG defines requirements that make web content more accessible to people with disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive and neurological disabilities.

We perform ongoing self-assessment and act on any gap we discover with each update to the site.

Measures We Have Taken

• Skip-to-content link at the top of every page for keyboard users
• All meaningful images have descriptive alt text; purely decorative images are marked aria-hidden="true"
• Consistent heading hierarchy (H1 → H2 → H3) across every template
• All interactive elements (buttons, links, filters) are reachable and operable by keyboard
• Visible focus indicators on all focusable elements
• Colour contrast meets WCAG AA minimums for all text and UI components
• Form fields have associated visible labels (<label for>) and descriptive placeholders
• Navigation landmarks — header, main, nav, footer — are correctly marked up
• Autoplay video is muted, looped, marked aria-hidden, and suppressed when the user has prefers-reduced-motion enabled
• All animations respect the prefers-reduced-motion media query
• The site language is correctly declared (lang="en-US") for accurate screen-reader pronunciation
• Gallery filter buttons use aria-pressed toggle semantics — no ARIA tab pattern that requires arrow-key navigation

Technical Specifications

This website is built with semantic HTML5, WAI-ARIA roles and properties, CSS and JavaScript. It has been tested in:

• Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Edge (latest stable)
• iOS Safari with VoiceOver (iPhone)
• Android Chrome with TalkBack
• Keyboard-only navigation (Tab, Enter, Escape, Arrow keys)

We recommend using a modern browser and keeping your operating system and assistive technology up to date for the best experience.

Known Limitations

Despite our best efforts, some areas may not yet be fully accessible:

• Third-party contact form (Contact Form 7): error messages are managed by the plugin. We have added visible labels to every field and monitor this component with each plugin update.
• Embedded third-party review widgets (Google Reviews): we do not control the accessibility of third-party iframes. We provide review text equivalents on-page wherever possible.

We are actively working to address these limitations. If you encounter a barrier not listed above, please let us know.

Assessment Approach

Purpose Cleaning assesses accessibility through:

• Self-evaluation using automated tools (Lighthouse, axe DevTools) on every major release
• Manual keyboard-only and screen-reader testing (VoiceOver on iOS, NVDA on Windows)
• Playwright-based automated checks integrated into our development workflow
• Review of WCAG 2.1 success criteria for each new template before launch