Accessibility

Last updated September 1, 2026

The standard we aim for

We aim to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the benchmark generally used for the Americans with Disabilities Act and, in California, the Unruh Civil Rights Act. We say aim deliberately. This site has not been audited by an independent accessibility firm and we hold no certification or VPAT, so we are not going to tell you it is fully conformant. We would rather describe what we have actually checked.

What the site does today

Each of these was tested on every page of the site, most recently on September 13, 2026:

• It works without a mouse. Every link, button, form field and the cart panel can be reached and operated by keyboard, and a "Skip to content" link is the first thing you reach on each page.
• Focus is always visible. Whatever the keyboard is on gets a clear ring — we never remove the focus indicator.
• Text meets AA contrast. Every piece of text on the site was measured against the surface behind it at the size it actually renders.
• Structure is real, not visual. Proper headings in order, landmark regions, and lists that are lists — so a screen reader can skim the page the way sighted readers do.
• Images carry text alternatives, and images that are purely decorative are marked so screen readers skip them rather than reading a filename aloud.
• Every form field has a visible label tied to it, and errors are described in words rather than by turning a box red.
• Motion is optional. If your device is set to Reduce Motion, the drifting bees and all other animation stop. Nothing on this site conveys information by movement alone, and nothing flashes.
• It survives zoom and small screens. The layout reflows down to a 400-pixel-wide window and at 200% browser zoom without cutting text off or forcing you to scroll sideways.
• Payment happens in Stripe's own checkout field, which Stripe builds and tests for accessibility — see their accessibility statement.

Where we know we fall short

• No independent audit. Everything above is our own testing, automated and by keyboard. It is not the same as a professional review, and automated checks catch perhaps a third of real barriers.
• Limited screen-reader testing. We have not tested with every combination of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver across every browser.
• Third-party content. The payment field is Stripe's and the fonts come from Google. We chose them and we are still responsible for your experience, but we cannot change their code.
• Photographs of the product are described briefly. If you want a fuller description of what a jar looks like, ask and we will write one for you.

If something is in your way, tell us

This is the part that matters most. If any page, or any step of ordering, is difficult or impossible for you to use, email info@functionalelixirs.com with "Accessibility" in the subject. If you can, tell us the page, what you were trying to do, and what happened — and what you use to browse, if you are comfortable saying. Any detail helps; none is required.

We reply within one business day, and we will tell you honestly whether we can fix it and roughly when.

Ordering another way

You never have to fight the website to buy a jar. Email info@functionalelixirs.com and we will take your order by hand and send a secure payment link, or arrange it however suits you better. It costs the same and there is no need to explain why.

Keeping this honest

We re-test accessibility whenever we change the site, and we update this page when something on it stops being true. If you find a claim here that does not match your experience, that itself is a bug worth telling us about.

Last reviewed September 13, 2026.