Accessibility Statement for AmericanHort

AmericanHort is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility

AmericanHort takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of AmericanHort:

  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. AmericanHort is fully conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Fully conformant means that the content fully conforms to the accessibility standard without any exceptions.

Additional accessibility considerations

Although our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, we have also applied some Level AAA Success Criteria: Images of text are only used for decorative purposes. Re-authentication after a session expires does not cause loss of data. Some videos have sign language interpretation.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of AmericanHort. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on AmericanHort:

  • Phone: 614-487-1117
  • E-mail: web@americanhort.org
  • Visitor address: 2130 Stella Court Columbus, OH 43215
  • Postal address: 2130 Stella Court Columbus, OH 43215
  • on social media; Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AmericanHort

We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of AmericanHort relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • PHP

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of AmericanHort, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for AmericanHort:

  1. Comments from users:because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions. We monitor user comments and contributions and typically repair issues within 2 business days. Please use contact web@americanhort.org, if you encounter an issue.

Assessment approach

AmericanHort assessed the accessibility of AmericanHort by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

AmericanHort
Nicolas Leas
Digital Web Manager

This statement was created on 11 February 2021 New Paragraph