Accessibility Statement

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Pinch of Decoration is used by teachers, parents and students with a wide range of needs, and by activity coordinators working with older adults. Accessibility is treated as part of the product rather than an afterthought. This statement describes what we have done, and — just as importantly — where we know we fall short.

What we aim for

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. We have not commissioned a formal third-party audit, so this is a statement of intent and practice rather than a certification.

What is in place

• Keyboard access throughout. Every control can be reached and operated with a keyboard, including the puzzle grid: arrow keys move between letters, Enter marks the start and end of a word, and Escape cancels a selection.
• Visible focus. Focus is always shown, and is never removed without a clearer replacement.
• Semantic structure. Real headings, lists, labels and landmarks, so screen readers can navigate the page rather than guess at it.
• Labelled controls. Every input has a genuine label; icon-only buttons carry accessible names.
• Announcements. Progress, errors and results are announced through a polite live region, so a screen-reader user is told when a word is found or a setting causes a problem.
• Dialogs behave. Focus is trapped while a dialog is open, Escape closes it, and focus returns to whatever opened it.
• Reduced motion. If your system asks for reduced motion, animation is switched off.
• Contrast. Text and interface colours are chosen for contrast, and the accent colour automatically picks readable text.
• A skip link to jump past the navigation.

Accessible output, not just an accessible site

The worksheets themselves can be adjusted for the reader:

• Large Print — substantially larger letters, generous spacing, high contrast, minimal decoration.
• Extra Readable — wide letter and line spacing, a plain sans-serif face, left-aligned text and very little visual clutter.
• Ink Saver — pure black on white, which is also the highest-contrast option.
• Independent control of letter size, body text size, heading size and margins.
• Answer keys in a plain monochrome style for readers who find coloured highlighting hard to interpret.

These are offered as readability options. They are not medical interventions and we make no clinical claims for them.

Known limitations

We would rather tell you than have you discover these:

• Right-to-left scripts are not supported inside puzzle grids. Arabic and Hebrew word lists will not lay out correctly. The site interface can be translated, but the grid engines assume left-to-right text.
• Dragging to select in the online word search needs pointer input. Keyboard selection is fully supported as an alternative, but a switch device that emulates a mouse may find dragging difficult.
• The printed page is an image to a screen reader. The on-screen worksheet preview is a graphic. The interactive online player is the accessible route to the same activity.
• Very large grids get small on narrow screens. A 30×30 puzzle on a small phone will have small letters. Reducing the grid size or using landscape helps.
• Third-party advertising is outside our control. Where ads appear, we cannot guarantee their accessibility.

Tell us

If you hit a barrier, please tell us — it is the fastest way for it to get fixed. Email contact@pinchofdecoration.com or use the contact form. Describing what you were trying to do, and what assistive technology you were using, helps a great deal.

We aim to respond within five working days.