Built to be used by everyone.

A website nobody can use isn't finished — it's just decorated. Maison Atelier designs and builds every site to be operable, perceivable, and understandable, whatever device or assistive technology someone arrives with.

The standard we hold

We build to WCAG 2.1 Level AA — the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines that U.S. courts treat as the benchmark for ADA website cases. This is engineered into the code itself, not added afterward with an overlay widget. Overlays don't create real accessibility, and a growing share of accessibility lawsuits name sites that rely on them.

What that means in practice

• Keyboard operable. Every menu, control, form, and interactive element works without a mouse, with a visible focus indicator the whole way through.
• Screen-reader ready. Semantic structure, labeled controls, meaningful alternative text on images, and ARIA where it earns its place.
• Readable contrast. Text and interface colors are chosen to meet AA contrast ratios against their backgrounds.
• Respects motion preferences. Animation is reduced or removed for visitors whose systems request less motion.
• Resilient. Clean, standards-based HTML and CSS that works with current and future assistive technologies.

Honesty about the edges

Accessibility is ongoing, not a one-time certificate. As content changes, new gaps can appear, and no site is ever perfectly conformant on every page forever. We treat any barrier someone reports as a real problem to fix, not a box to defend.

Found something that doesn't work?

Tell us. If any part of this site, or a site we've built, is difficult to use with assistive technology, we want to hear it and we'll work to resolve it.