Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for WAI Website

Summary

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) website content posted since May 2018 meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. Older content meets earlier versions of WCAG. Parts of the content meets Level AAA.

Measures to support accessibility

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of the WAI website:

  • Include accessibility as a requirement for all web content. Content must meet WCAG 2.1 AA, and should meet AAA as feasible.

  • Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.

  • Ensure content authors have accessibility knowledge and skills.

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission.

  • Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.

  • Usability test with participants with disabilities.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standard defines requirements to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. "Fully conforms" means that the content meets all of the WCAG requirements at the specified Level without exceptions.

WAI website content posted since May 2018 fully conforms to WCAG 2.1 Level AA. It partially conforms to Level AAA.

Older content conforms to earlier versions of WCAG, for example, WCAG 2.0. Most of the older content is archived and will not be updated.

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