Legal

Accessibility Statement

Last Updated: July 3, 2026  ·  Questions? Contact us

We tell stories so that more people can see them - so it would be a strange thing if our own website shut people out. OtterS (Collectif OttersTogether) wants otterstogether.org to be usable by everyone, including people who rely on screen readers, keyboards, captions, or reduced motion. This page explains what we've built in, where we still fall short, and how to tell us when something doesn't work for you.

Section 01

Our Commitment

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. We're a small student collective without a dedicated accessibility team, so we treat this as ongoing work rather than a finished checkbox: every new page and feature is built with accessibility in mind, and we fix issues as we find them or as you report them.

Section 02

What's Already In Place

  • Keyboard access: menus, forms, and the video player can be operated without a mouse, and focus is managed inside dialogs so it never gets lost behind them.
  • Skip links: every page starts with a "skip to main content" link for keyboard and screen reader users.
  • Screen reader support: semantic headings and landmarks, labels on form fields, descriptive link text, and alt text on meaningful images. Decorative images are hidden from assistive technology.
  • Reduced motion: our larger animations respect your system's "reduce motion" preference and switch off when it is set.
  • Readable design: we work with our colour palette to keep text contrast strong, and text scales with your browser's zoom and font-size settings.
  • Both languages: the full site, including this page, is available in English and French.
Section 03

Known Limitations

Honesty is one of our values, so here is where we know we can do better:

  • Video captions: not all of our portfolio films have captions or transcripts yet. We are adding them progressively, prioritizing new work.
  • Third-party surfaces: video playback (YouTube, Vimeo) and donation checkout (Stripe) happen in third-party players and pages whose accessibility we don't fully control, though we chose providers with strong accessibility track records.
  • Decorative flourishes: a few hand-drawn textures and animated touches are part of our visual identity. We keep them out of the way of assistive technology, but if any of them get in your way, we want to know.
Section 04

Tell Us What's Not Working

If any part of this site is hard or impossible for you to use, that's a bug to us, and we'd genuinely like to fix it. Write to us and tell us what happened, what device and assistive technology you were using, and what you were trying to do. If you need any content from this site in a different format, ask and we'll do our best.

OtterS - Accessibility
Collectif OttersTogether · Montreal, Québec, Canada

Email: otterscontact@gmail.com
Subject line: "Accessibility"

We aim to reply within 5 business days.