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About this site

Accessibility

The BIRD Lab is committed to making this website usable by as many people as possible, including those who rely on assistive technologies. We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA.

What we do

  • Semantic, keyboard-navigable structure with a “skip to content” link and visible focus indicators.
  • Text and background colors chosen to meet AA contrast ratios.
  • Meaningful alternative text for informative images; decorative graphics are hidden from screen readers.
  • Respect for the operating-system “reduce motion” setting, including a control to pause background video.
  • Captions/labels on interactive controls. Page content remains readable with JavaScript disabled, though some conveniences (search, filtering, and the mobile menu) require it.
  • Automated WCAG 2.1 AA scans (pa11y-ci) run on every page each time the site changes. The site was last fully audited in July 2026.

Known limitations

Some embedded or linked third-party content (e.g., external articles, PDFs, or video) may not fully meet these standards. We work to minimize and caption such content where we can.

Tell us about a barrier

If you encounter a problem using this site, or need information in an alternative format, please email harvey@ucdavis.edu. Include the page address and a short description, and we’ll do our best to help and to fix the issue.

UC Davis resources: the Student Disability Center and the campus IT Accessibility program.

How this site is made

This site is a static Jekyll site hosted on GitHub Pages. Its content was written by Dr. Christina Harvey and BIRD Lab members (2022–present), drawn from the lab’s own Notion workspace. It was designed, built, and organized with the help of Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, and some of the wording was drafted with Claude and then edited by the lab. Changes are proposed by BIRD Lab members (sometimes with AI help) through a GitHub review process, and Christina reviews and approves every page before it is published. If you have comments, concerns, or suggestions, please email harvey@ucdavis.edu.