Large heart sculpture with "KC" embossed and painted to look like library shelves full of books.

Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for KC.org

This is an accessibility statement from Kansas City Area Development Council.

Measures to support accessibility

Kansas City Area Development Council takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of KC.org:

  • Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
  • Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.

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. KC.org is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AAA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

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

  • Phone: (816) 221-2121
  • E-mail: kcheartland@thinkkc.com
  • Visitor Address: 30 W Pershing Rd, Suite 200, Kansas City, MO 64108

We try to respond to feedback within 3-5 business days.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of KC.org 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

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

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of KC.org, 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 KC.org:

  1. Images: Uploaded images may not have descriptive text alternatives because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions. We are in the process of building a new website platform that will be WCAG compliant. Please email us at kcheartland@thinkkc.com if you encounter an issue.
  2. Vidoes: Videos may not have closed captioning available because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions. We are in the process of building a new website platform that will be WCAG compliant. Please email us at kcheartland@thinkkc.com if you encounter an issue.
  3. Text: Text may not be large enough or have enough color contrast ratio because Backend website programing doesn't allow for increasing color contrast ratio. We are in the process of building a new website platform that will be WCAG compliant. Please email us at kcheartland@thinkkc.com if you encounter an issue.
  4. Element Labeling: Elements may not be properly labeled for screen readers because Backend website programming incorrectly labels elements. We are in the process of building a new website platform that will be WCAG compliant. Please email us at kcheartland@thinkkc.com if you encounter an issue.

Assessment approach

Kansas City Area Development Council assessed the accessibility of KC.org by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation

Evaluation report

An evaluation report for KC.org is available at: https://googlechrome.github.io/lighthouse/viewer/?psiurl=https%3A%2F%2Fkc.org%2F&strategy=mobile&category=performance&category=accessibility&category=best-practices&category=seo&category=pwa&utm_source=lh-chrome-ext

Date

This statement was created on 04/22/2024