Dr. Genevra Walters, recently retired School Superintendent of Kankakee School District 111, is committed to ensuring that her mayoral campaign website is accessible to all individuals, including those with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we are continuously working to make our site inclusive and user-friendly for everyone. We strive to adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) [2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 - select relevant option] to ensure that our website provides a seamless browsing experience for individuals using assistive technologies, such as screen readers and keyboard navigation. If you encounter any accessibility barriers on our site, please let us know so that we can promptly address and resolve them.
Accessibility Statement
This statement reflects our ongoing efforts to prioritize accessibility and was last updated on Tuesday 23rd July 2024.
Dr. Genevra Walters for Mayor of Kankakee is dedicated to making our site www.abetterkankakee.me accessible to people with disabilities, and we are committed to ensuring that all individuals can access the information and resources available on our platform.
WHAT WEB ACCESSIBILITY IS
Web accessibility is about ensuring that individuals with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the web, as well as contribute to the web. It encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities.
ACCESSIBILITY ADJUSTMENTS ON THIS SITE
We have implemented various adjustments to enhance the accessibility of this site in accordance with WCAG [2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 - select relevant option] guidelines, striving to achieve a level of [A / AA / AAA - select relevant option] compliance. Our efforts include optimizing the site for assistive technologies, providing alternative text for images, ensuring color contrast compliance, minimizing the use of motion, and making multimedia content accessible.
- In addition, we have utilized the Accessibility Wizard to identify and address potential accessibility issues, established clear heading structures across all pages, and organized the content order to enhance navigability. Furthermore, we have taken steps to set the language of the site, ensuring that the site's pages are logically structured and easily navigable for all visitors.
DECLARATION OF PARTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARD DUE TO THIRD-PARTY CONTENT
The accessibility of certain pages on the site may be impacted by third-party content that is not under our direct control. We are actively working to address any accessibility barriers resulting from third-party content to achieve comprehensive compliance with accessibility standards.
ACCESSIBILITY ARRANGEMENTS IN THE ORGANIZATION
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