Accessibility

Last reviewed August 24, 2026.

Our commitment

We want this site to work for everyone who needs it, including people using screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, screen magnification, or other assistive technology.

We are a one-person company, so we cannot promise a professional audit on a fixed schedule. We can promise that we build with accessibility in mind, that we test what we publish, and that we fix what we are told about.

Conformance status

We aim for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.

We consider this site partially conformant, which means most of it meets that standard but some parts do not. The parts we know about are listed below.

We do not claim full conformance, and we will not claim it until an independent audit supports it. A conformance claim we cannot back would be worth less than an honest one.

What we have done

• The site is plain HTML and CSS. Page content is readable without JavaScript.
• Every page uses a proper heading structure, so you can navigate by headings.
• A skip link at the top of each page jumps straight to the main content.
• Images that carry meaning have alternative text. Decorative graphics are hidden from assistive technology.
• The site works with a keyboard alone, and focus is visible.
• Contact form fields have real, associated labels, and the status message is announced to screen readers.
• Text meets or exceeds WCAG AA contrast ratios in both the light and dark colour schemes. We audit this, and we have corrected specific colours that failed.
• The layout works at 200 percent zoom and on small screens without horizontal scrolling.
• Data tables use proper header markup.
• Nothing auto-plays, flashes, or moves without your input.
• The site respects the reduced-motion setting in your operating system.

Known limitations

We would rather tell you where we fall short than let you find out the hard way.

• Our capability statement PDF. The downloadable PDF has not been remediated for accessibility and may not read well in a screen reader. Everything in it is also available as an ordinary web page at our capability statement, which is accessible. If you need the content in another format, ask and we will send it.
• Outside links in The Brief. Our posts link to a large number of third-party sources. We do not control those sites and some of them are not accessible.
• Wide tables. Some tables scroll horizontally on narrow screens. We are improving their keyboard reachability.

How we assessed this

By self-evaluation. We have not commissioned a third-party audit. Our review combines automated checking with manual keyboard and screen reader testing.

What we do not use

We do not use an accessibility overlay, widget, or plugin, meaning the kind that adds a floating accessibility button to a page. Disability advocates and accessibility professionals have consistently found that these tools do not deliver the conformance they advertise and can interfere with the assistive technology people already use. We would rather fix the underlying HTML.

Section 508 and the products we sell

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act obligates federal agencies when they procure information and communication technology. It reaches us through the contract rather than directly, and we take that seriously.

When a solicitation carries accessibility requirements, we obtain the manufacturer's Accessibility Conformance Report, commonly produced on the ITI Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, for each product we quote, and we supply it for the solicitation record on request. If a manufacturer's report does not support what a solicitation requires, we will tell the contracting officer rather than let the gap surface after award.

Tell us about a problem

If any part of this site does not work for you, we want to know. Telling us is genuinely useful, not a burden.

Use our contact form and write "Accessibility" in your message. We do not publish an email address or phone number anywhere on this site, deliberately, to keep them away from automated harvesting. The form goes directly to the owner, with no intake queue in between.

If the form itself is the barrier and you cannot use it, you can reach us in writing through our registered agent of record for Lot 9 LLC, listed in the Colorado Secretary of State business database. That record is public and is maintained by us.

What happens next:

• We aim to acknowledge accessibility reports within two business days.
• We aim to tell you our plan, including a fix or a workaround, within ten business days.
• If a fix will take longer, we will say so and give you an estimate rather than going quiet.

If you can, tell us the page address, what you were trying to do, and what assistive technology and browser you were using. Any of that helps. So does a single line saying the contact form does not work with your screen reader.

Another format

If you need anything from this site in a different format, including an accessible version of our capability statement, ask through the contact form and we will send it.