As a nonprofit committed to helping those with disabilities, it is particularly important for us to comply with current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). This website was rebuilt in December 2022 to comply with WCAG 2.1 Level AA and wherever possible to comply with WCAG 2.1 Level AAA.
If you have any problems with our website, please contact us.
Known Limitations
Videos do not have synchronized captions or audio descriptions.
Measures Taken to Ensure Accessibility
- Rebuilding the website from scratch using an WordPress theme that describes itself as accessible.
- Designing the website so it is sustainable. A sustainable website loads faster and is easier to use on various devices over slow and fast internet connnections.
- Using contrasting colors.
- Improving layouts of pages.
- Updating all alternative text and image descriptions.
- Changing all links so they are descriptive.
- Ensuring that links are consistent and distinguishable.
- Changing page hierarchy to make the website more understandable.
- Rewriting headings so that they are descriptive.
- Standardizing font sizes vs. using inline styles. Using font sizes that adjust to browser settings.
- Modifying the theme CSS to add focus indication, larger tap targets, overriding WordPress Gutenberg caption styles to improve usability and overriding CSS of multiple plugins to improve usability.
- Improving appearance and usability of forms.
- Testing the website manually and using various browser addons.
- Reviewing the the website for compliance with the WCAG 2.1 checklist.
Technical Prerequisites
Our website is designed to function on recent and current versions of all major webkit and moz browsers.
