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Accessibility

Motivation for Accessibility Compliance

Hack for LA is committed to delivering sites that are compliant with modern accessibility standards. We use the WAVE browser extension to perform accessibility audits in order to ensure we meet WCAG2.2 standards.

WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Standards

The WCAG documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Web “content” generally refers to the information in a web page or web application - https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

The WCAG 2.2 has 13 guidelines. The guidelines are organized under 4 principles: perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. For each guideline, there are testable success criteria. The success criteria are at three levels: A, AA, and AAA. - https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/glance/

The success criteria are what determine “conformance” to WCAG. That is, in order to meet WCAG, the content needs to meet the success criteria. Details are in the Conformance section of WCAG.

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  • Authors:
    • Ryan Chase
    • Bonnie Wolfe
    • Rabia Shaikh