Accessibility
American Tech Workers is committed to keeping this site usable by everyone, including people who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, high-contrast modes, magnification, or assistive technologies of any kind. The Declaration is meant to be read by every American technology worker, and “every” includes the disabled members of our community — many of whom have been disproportionately harmed by the same automated hiring systems the Declaration names.
What we do
- The site uses semantic HTML — proper headings, landmarks (
<header>,<nav>,<main>,<footer>), and a skip-to-content link at the top of every page. - Color contrast is tested to meet WCAG 2.2 AA. The white-on-navy scheme produces a contrast ratio above 14:1 for body text, well above the 4.5:1 minimum.
- The site renders without JavaScript. Nothing on the page requires scripting to read.
- The site is fully responsive and works at 200% zoom and on screens as narrow as 320px.
- A
prefers-reduced-motionmedia query is honored — there are no decorative animations. - We default to a single dark mode, with a print stylesheet that flips to high-contrast black-on-white for paper output.
Known gaps
- We have not yet had a formal accessibility audit by a third party. We intend to.
- The Open Graph share image is currently SVG. We will produce a PNG version that is more reliably consumed by older social-media scrapers.
- We do not yet have an alternative-text strategy for the share image beyond the title and description in the SVG itself.
Standards
We aim for conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, and aspire to AAA where practical.
Reporting an accessibility problem
If you encounter a barrier on this site — anything that prevents you from reading or navigating the Declaration — please report it via the community link on the home page. Treat any such report as a bug we want to fix, not a complaint we want to manage.