Beyond Epilepsy
An epilepsy nonprofit's site, built accessibility-first and since ported to static.
beyondepilepsy.org
Role
Board secretary — design & build
Timeline
2026
Type
Nonprofit website
Overview
Beyond Epilepsy is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation serving Kern County — a 501(c)(3) public charity since June 2026 — supporting people living with epilepsy. The public site has one job: tell someone when and where the next support group meets, and make joining feel easy.
So the front page is the schedule. Meeting dates are computed on the fly — twice a month, the first Tuesday online and the third Tuesday hybrid, in the site's own timezone, with cancellations and one-off meetings set by editing a single line. Nobody has to remember to update the site, and it can never run dry.
Accessibility was not a checklist item here, it was the design constraint. Zero axe-core violations, contrast mostly north of 7:1, 44px tap targets, no italics on load-bearing text — and a hard cap on the honeycomb texture opacity, because a high-contrast repeating pattern is a genuine risk for this audience.
Built with
- Static build
- Custom theme
- Design tokens
- WCAG / axe-core
What mattered
A schedule that maintains itself
Recurring meeting dates are generated in code, timezone-correct, and stay listed through the end of the meeting day instead of vanishing mid-session.
Designed against the audience's risk
Texture opacity capped, motion kept out, and the next meeting triple-coded so it reads as next without relying on color alone.
Editable by the board
Contact details, the Zoom link, the map embed and the donate URL are kept in one place a board member can edit — no code, no developer.