Magic is for everyone. Operation Magic works with people in hospitals, schools, and care settings — many of whom live with physical, sensory, cognitive, or learning differences. It would be a poor kind of magic if our own website shut those same people out. We are committed to making this site usable by as many people as possible, on whatever device or assistive technology they use.
Our standard
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA. We treat that as a floor rather than a finish line, and we re-check the site whenever we add new pages or features.
What we've built in
- Keyboard access. Every link, button, menu, and form field can be reached and operated with a keyboard alone, with a visible focus ring showing where you are. A "Skip to content" link appears when you first press Tab.
- Screen reader support. Pages use proper headings, landmarks, and labels, so assistive technology can announce structure and navigate by region.
- Descriptive images. Photographs carry alternative text; purely decorative artwork is hidden from screen readers so it doesn't add noise.
- Readable contrast. Text and interface colors are chosen to meet AA contrast ratios against their backgrounds.
- Reduced motion. Our drifting sparkles and reveal animations are decorative. If your device is set to "reduce motion," they are turned off automatically.
- Responsive and zoomable. The site reflows down to small phone screens and up to 200% browser zoom without losing content or requiring horizontal scrolling.
- Clear forms. Every field has a visible label, errors are described in words rather than by color alone, and confirmations are announced when they appear.
Known limitations
We embed video from third-party players on our Scholarships page. We do not control those players' interfaces, and captions depend on what is available for each video. If a video you need isn't captioned, contact us and we will provide a transcript or an alternative.
Some archival material — scanned newspaper clippings and historic photographs from our early years — cannot be reproduced as live text. Where these appear, we describe their content in the surrounding page copy or in alternative text.
Accessibility beyond the website
Our programs are designed to adapt to the person in front of us: bedside performances for children who cannot leave a room, effects that can be learned one-handed or seated, and instruction paced to the learner. If you or someone you support has access needs for a workshop, performance, or scholarship, tell us in advance and we will plan around them.
Tell us when something doesn't work
If you hit a barrier on this site — a page that won't work with your screen reader, text you can't read, a form you can't complete — we want to hear about it. Please include the page address and a short description of what happened, and let us know the browser or assistive technology you were using if you can.
Send us a message. We aim to respond within five business days, and we'll offer the information you were looking for in another format while we work on a fix.
Feedback shapes this page
This statement describes where we are today, not a finished job. As we learn from the people who use this site, we update both the site and this page.