Hi Ashutosh,

You've made a lovely site! I have a good amount of experience in web accessibility (personal and professional), and I'd like to point out an issue I experienced that won't show up in any automated tests:

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Your homepage has four separate elements that move — motion like this can cause folks with vestibular disorders (like me) a lot of trouble (I almost passed out by the time I got to the bottom)! The New Arrivals and Popular Resources sections were the most problematic because they move in opposite directions.

The good news is you can use CSS to help folks like me, while leaving the slick animations for everyone else. I know I have such a disorder, so I set a preference in my OS that tells websites that I "prefer reduced motion." As a developer, you can use a preference query for "prefers-reduced-motion<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/At-rules/@media/prefers-reduced-motion>" and target users with that setting turned on. I wish I could tell you that everyone with this issue knows about that setting, but they don't... so you should also consider using fewer animated elements.

Here are some resources to check out:

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Designing With Reduced Motion For Motion Sensitivities<https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/design-reduced-motion-sensitivities/>, Val Head<https://valhead.com/> (web animation pro)
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Accessible Web Animation: The WCAG on Animation Explained<https://css-tricks.com/accessible-web-animation-the-wcag-on-animation-explained/>, Val Head<https://valhead.com/> (web animation pro)

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Responsive Design for Motion<https://webkit.org/blog/7551/responsive-design-for-motion/> [includes good video examples], James Craig (Webkit/Apple)
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Design accessible animation and movement with code examples<https://blog.pope.tech/2025/12/08/design-accessible-animation-and-movement/>, Elle Smith (Popetech)

Hope you're able to use this info and it helps you make your site even better 🙂

Thanks,
Alyssa


Alyssa Panetta  (she/her)
Web Designer/Developer
University Libraries
University at Albany
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Hi all,

I’m Ashutosh Mishra from Bennett University (India). We redesigned our
library website on WordPress with an accessibility-first, student-centric
UX and integrated discovery (OPAC, DSpace, e-journals, databases).

Live site: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.bennett.edu.in%2F&data=05%7C02%7Capanetta%40ALBANY.EDU%7C7c08c50b349c47ae4e1408de366b3c2f%7Cb5d2219431d5473f9e1d804fdcbd88ac%7C1%7C0%7C639008035266058153%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1K57iefR0abWLASXkHlvTYThmuDG417KMx2eYKlPi4I%3D&reserved=0<https://library.bennett.edu.in/>

I’d welcome feedback on IA and accessibility, and I’m exploring releasing
reusable WordPress blocks for academic libraries. Thanks for taking a look.

— Ashutosh

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