Accessibility statement

1. Our commitment

We want this magazine to be readable by anyone, including people browsing with a screen reader, by keyboard alone, with screen magnification, or with difficulty distinguishing colours. The benchmark we have set ourselves is WCAG 2.1 level AA, the standard referenced by the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882).

2. Conformance status

This site is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 AA: most requirements are met, but the limitations listed in section 4 remain. Claiming full conformance would be wrong without an independent audit, which has not taken place.

The assessment was carried out as a self-evaluation, by examining the page code: heading structure, alternative text, keyboard navigation, contrast ratios calculated from the theme colours, declared language and form behaviour.

3. What we fixed

• Articles on the home page were tiles clickable with a mouse but unreachable by keyboard: they are now real links, which open with Enter and in a new tab.
• Preview titles and descriptions appeared only on mouse hover: they now appear when the tile receives keyboard focus as well.
• The home page had no top-level heading and its sections were ordered wrongly: the hierarchy has been rebuilt.
• Every page now declares the correct language, and passages in a language other than the page's are marked individually.
• A "skip to content" link has been added, visible as soon as you press Tab.
• Some secondary text fell below the minimum contrast ratio (3.54:1 against the required 4.5:1) and has been raised to 6.43:1.
• Form status messages are now announced by screen readers when they appear.
• Decorative icons are no longer read out, and buttons containing one now carry a text label.

4. Known limitations

We know these points are not yet resolved:

• Unavailable days in the booking calendar: their contrast is very low. The guidelines exempt disabled components from the requirement, but we are aware they are hard to read.
• Article content: the body of each article is written by the editorial team in a visual editor. Headings and alternative text for images placed there depend on the author, and we cannot guarantee them automatically.
• No independent audit: there has been no external review and no testing with people who use assistive technology. That is the main limitation of this statement.
• Linked PDF documents: some content is provided as PDF files, whose accessibility depends on how they were produced.

5. Tell us about a problem

If a page is not accessible to you, please write to us: it is the fastest way for us to find out. Include the address of the page and, if you can, the browser or assistive technology you are using.

Write to info@followurstream.com. We reply within thirty days. If our answer does not satisfy you, you may refer the matter to the authorities responsible for accessibility.

6. Scope

The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025 to services within its scope, and excludes microenterprises providing services (fewer than ten staff and an annual turnover not exceeding two million euro). Whether or not the obligation falls on us, we believe a magazine about shared identity should be readable by everyone, and we act accordingly.

This statement is also available in Italian. Should the two versions differ, the Italian text prevails.