Accessibility Statement · Coastal Wellness

Last updated: September 2026

We want everyone to be able to use this website: to read it, find their way around it and reach us. That includes people who use a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse, zoom or magnification, voice control or captions.

Where the site stands

We hold this website to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, the standard most widely used for websites.

We tested every kind of page on the site against it in September 2026 and fixed what we found. As far as our testing can tell, the site’s own pages meet it. A few things on the site come from other companies, though, and we cannot change them: the videos, the client portal and Google’s pages. They are listed below, each with another way to get the same thing. Because of them, the honest description is that the site partially conforms to WCAG 2.2 level AA.

How it was tested

Automated accessibility checks on every kind of page, on a wide screen and on a phone.
The keyboard alone, on every kind of page: forward and back with Tab and Shift+Tab, and every menu, filter, form and question that opens, closes or sends something.
What a screen reader is given: the name, role and state of every link, button, field and page region, read from the browser’s accessibility tree, which is where a screen reader gets them.
Color contrast, measured against what is actually behind the text, including text over photographs, at wide and phone widths.
Screens down to 320 pixels wide, which is also what a large screen shows at 400% zoom, and extra spacing between letters, words and lines.

The site has not yet been tried by people who use a screen reader every day. If that is you, we would be glad to hear how it went.

What that means when you use it

Keyboard. Everything works from a keyboard. A Skip to content link comes first on every page, a clear outline shows where you are on light and dark backgrounds, and the header that stays at the top of the screen never covers it, whether you move down the page or back up. The Tab key passes over the small maps; the Get directions link beside each one goes to the same place.
Menus, filters and the guide. The menu on phones, the therapist filters on Meet Our Team and the guide on Types of Therapy open, close and move from the keyboard. The Escape key closes a menu or a filter panel and puts you back where you were. When the guide moves to its next question, the keyboard moves with it. The questions on the FAQ page open and close with Enter or Space.
The review form. Every field has a visible label. The star rating is chosen with the arrow keys. If something is missing, the form says what in words, a screen reader reads it out, and the field it is about is marked. Once a review is sent, the thank you is read out too.
Structure. Each page has one main heading, its sections have headings in order, the header, menus, main content and footer are marked as such, every page has its own title, and the pages are marked as written in English, so screen readers can move around them and pronounce them correctly.
Color and contrast. Text meets the WCAG contrast level for its size everywhere, including over photographs at every screen width. The edges of the fields you type into, the focus outline and the icons that carry meaning are strong enough to see as well. Nothing is shown by color alone: a review’s star rating is also read out as a number.
Zoom and small screens. Pages rearrange themselves for narrow screens and for zoom, down to 320 pixels wide, without scrolling sideways, and nothing is cut off when you add space between letters, words and lines.
Tapping. Every link and button is at least 24 pixels across or has room around it, and the main ones are at least 44 pixels tall on touch screens.
Pictures. Photos that carry meaning have a text description. Decorative ones are marked so screen readers skip them.
Motion. Nothing on the site keeps moving by itself. The seal on the home page turns once as the page opens and then rests. If your device is set to reduce motion, the site turns off its animations and smooth scrolling altogether.

What we know is not perfect

Videos. A few pages include a video that plays in YouTube’s player, which we do not control. Captions, where a video has them, come from YouTube and may be created automatically, so they can contain mistakes, and the videos do not describe what is shown on screen. Each of these pages covers its subject in its own text as well, and if you would like what a video says another way, call us.
The client portal. The Book a Free Consult buttons take you to our client portal, a separate service run by SimplePractice. How accessible it is depends on SimplePractice. If it gives you trouble, call the office at (321) 757-4015 and we will help.
Google. Writing a Google review, and getting directions to an office, happen on Google’s own pages, which Google runs. The office addresses are written out in full on this site, and you can always leave a review with the form on our Reviews page instead.
Maps. The office maps are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, and a map cannot be read without sight. The small maps at the bottom of each page are only pictures, so the keyboard passes over them and screen readers skip them. The larger maps on the Contact page can be moved and zoomed from the keyboard. Next to every map, the office address is written out in text, with a Get directions link.
Older articles. The blog articles were written over several years and moved over from our previous website. Some of their photos are described only by the article’s title.
Reviews. Reviews are shown exactly as people wrote them, so we do not correct their spelling or formatting.

If something is hard to use

Please tell us. It helps to know which page you were on, what you were trying to do, and what you use to browse, such as a screen reader or a phone. Call (321) 757-4015, text (321) 286-7033 or email contact@coastalwellness.net.

We will help, and we can give you any information on this website another way, over the phone or by email.

About this statement

This statement describes the website as it was tested in September 2026.

Coastal Wellness & Life Coaching Center, Melbourne, Florida