This website seeks to conform to level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1.

Communities In Schools of Washington is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of their abilities or the technology they use to access the website. We seek to continually improve the user experience for everyone through self-assessment of the site’s accessibility.

Feedback & Contact Information

If you experience any difficulty in accessing a Communities In Schools of Washington website or would like to provide any type of website feedback, please contact us at [email protected] or 253-248-1991.

Accessibility Features

We have implemented many accessibility features including:

  • Page templates with ARIA landmarks and structural headings
  • “Skip to Content” link
  • Keyboard-accessible drop-down navigation menu
  • Hiding decorative imagery from screen readers and providing accessible labels for interactive elements.

The design itself uses a large font size, provides obvious focus styles, meets minimum color contrast requirements, and can be zoomed past 200%.

Technologies

Accessibility of this website 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
  • WAI-ARIA

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

Browser Compatibility

The website has been tested in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer 11 (functional with notable display differences).

On-Going Editor Training & Legacy Content

As a large network of sites, we strive to train all website editors to create content in an accessible manner by following best practices for writing for the web, using headings, and providing alt text.

Unfortunately, there may be pages which do not meet our accessibility standards. We encourage you to contact us about any pages you struggle to use.


Statement last updated: 20 September 2019. Based on the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.