Website accessibility is the practice of ensuring all content on your website is available to all users. A Website Accessibility Statement is a great way to acknowledge accessibility as a priority of your organization and provide direction for users experiencing trouble. The following statement template can be used as a guide when drafting an accessibility statement for your website.
Website Accessibility Statement Template
Accessibility Assistance
If you have difficulty using or accessing any element of this website, please contact us via [email] directly and we will work with you to provide the information you seek through a communication method that is accessible for you and consistent with applicable law. You can reach us via telephone at [XXX-XXX-XXXX].
Goal of Accessibility for All
[Organization name] desires to provide a positive user experience to all our families and the community, and we aim to promote accessibility and inclusion. Our goal is to allow all of our visitors the ability to successfully gather information through our website and other technology platforms. Following the guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium and Section 508, our website should be usable by everyone, with or without disabilities.
Tools & Actions
We are actively taking a variety of steps and devoting resources to further enhance the accessibility of our website and other technology. We have provided an accessibility toolbar built into the website for high contrast, enlargement, reverse contrast, and other visual options for low vision users. [This toolbar is a blue rectangle that will be located in the upper left of your screen when you first launch our site. This toolbar can be moved around your screen for greater ease of use. - update based on your accessibility toolbar settings]
We will always consider accessibility an on-going effort and will always strive for continual growth.
Feedback
Please [contact us] if you have any feedback or suggestions as to how we could improve the accessibility of this website or our other technology.
Website Accessibility page
Add this statement to your website.
- Create a Website Accessibility page if it does not already exist.
Note This page can be in a location on your website where you have your other policies (ex About Us/District). - Add a Text/Graphic Editor tool to the main body of the page.
- Copy the below content (starting at Accessibility Assistance) and Paste as Plain Text into the editor
- With most sites, your Page Title is a Heading 1 so it is recommended to set the following headings based on the template:
- Accessibility Assistance: Heading 2
- Goal of Accessibility for All: Heading 3
- Tools and Actions: Heading 3
- Feedback: Heading 3
- With most sites, your Page Title is a Heading 1 so it is recommended to set the following headings based on the template:
- Be sure to edit the information contained within [ ] and italics in the template text, in addition to hyperlinking any email/contact information so that it is easier for users of assistive technology to contact your organization.
In addition to including this page in your navigation, we recommend adding this link to your footer copyright link area to allow visitors global access to this important accessibility information.