Accessibility Statement

The Children’s Institute is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.

Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility

Wherever possible, we will aim to adhere to level AA of the WCAG 2.1 guidelines, which states that sites should be:

Perceivable – Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive.
Operable – User interface components and navigation must be operable.
Understandable – Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable.
Robust – Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.

Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continue to make changes to improve the user experience for everyone and apply the relevant accessibility standards.

Our website was last reviewed on 11/7/2024

Accessibility Features On Our Website

The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:

Visible Focus states
Pages are readable and functional when the page is zoomed to 200%
No use of color alone to convey meaning
Descriptive page title and headings
Proper semantic heading structure
Alternate text for non text content

We also provide UserWay accessibility tools to enhance accessibility at this site and to help you navigate around areas that we are still working on.

Where We’re Improving

In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:

Navigable by keyboard
4.5:1 color contrast
Captions on videos
Proper labels and tab indexing on form fields

This is part of our broader effort to make everyone’s experience at The Children’s Institute a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.

Accessibility Support Contact

We welcome comments, questions, and feedback on our website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email info@childinst.org. We will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.