# Make the smile legible across abilities, devices, and contexts Proposed accessibility and inclusion checklist. A cheerful mascot only welcomes people who can perceive and use its presentation. An animated Giggles should have meaningful alternative text, adequate text contrast, and an option to reduce or stop motion. Essential instructions should remain available as text instead of being conveyed by color, a tiny symbol, or a quick animation alone. These are ordinary design choices that keep the invitation available to more people. Canonical page: https://givegigs.com/wiki/necro-chapter-giggles-accessibility Last updated: 2026-11-09T18:58:12.584Z Parent topic: [necromancer-storyworld](https://givegigs.com/wiki/necromancer-storyworld) ## Contents - [Overview](#wiki-section-overview-1) - [Chapter notes](#wiki-section-chapter-notes-2) - [Dossier section](#wiki-section-dossier-link-3) ## Overview Proposed accessibility and inclusion checklist. This page expands the “Make the smile legible across abilities, devices, and contexts” chapter in the storyworld collection. ## Chapter notes A cheerful mascot only welcomes people who can perceive and use its presentation. An animated Giggles should have meaningful alternative text, adequate text contrast, and an option to reduce or stop motion. Essential instructions should remain available as text instead of being conveyed by color, a tiny symbol, or a quick animation alone. These are ordinary design choices that keep the invitation available to more people. Accessibility includes tone and context too. A person might enjoy a joke in a community post but not want it in a serious conversation about harm, money, or health. The character should be easy to set aside. A user interface can keep mascot content decorative and prevent it from interrupting tasks; a facilitator can ask whether a playful framing suits the group. Representation is a continuing practice rather than a badge earned by drawing one friendly face. Invite feedback from people with different experiences, pay contributors for substantial work when possible, and make corrections visible when an accessibility issue is found. Avoid assuming that one community member speaks for everyone who shares an identity or disability. This checklist is a starting proposal, not a certification. Teams should test actual pages and assets with relevant tools and people, then repair what they discover. Giggles’s small design challenge is to make the basilisk easy to notice, easy to ignore, and easy to understand either way. ## Dossier section [Open this exact section in the Necromancer dossier](/necromancer#giggles-accessibility). The original chapter status is “Proposed accessibility and inclusion checklist.” ## Sources - [Necromancer dossier section](/necromancer#giggles-accessibility) --- This article is collaboratively maintained. Check the canonical page and cited sources for the latest context.