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Accessibility Statement

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Accessibility Statement

Youth Guidance is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people of all abilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define 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. Youth Guidance’s website is designed to conform to WCAG 2.1, Level AA. Conformance means that the content satisfies the WCAG success criteria at that level.

What We’re Doing

We are working to ensure that this Site is accessible to everyone who visits it, including people who use assistive technology such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, and voice-recognition software. Our ongoing efforts include:

  • Providing meaningful alternative text for images
  • Ensuring sufficient color contrast between text and background
  • Building pages with clear heading structure and semantic HTML
  • Ensuring the Site is navigable by keyboard alone
  • Providing captions or transcripts for video content where available
  • Testing pages with accessibility evaluation tools and, where possible, assistive technology

Known Limitations

Despite our best efforts, some content on this Site may not yet be fully accessible. This may include content from third-party tools (such as embedded donation forms, event registration widgets, or maps) that Youth Guidance does not directly control. We are working with our vendors and partners to improve accessibility across all parts of the Site.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this Site. If you encounter an accessibility barrier, or if you need assistance accessing any content or feature on this Site, please contact us:

We try to respond to accessibility feedback within a reasonable timeframe and will work with you to provide the information, item, or transaction you seek through an accessible alternative if possible.

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of this Site 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, WAI-ARIA, CSS, and JavaScript. These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Assessment Approach

Youth Guidance assesses the accessibility of this Site through self-evaluation using automated accessibility checking tools, and, where possible, manual testing.