Branching Minds’ Accessibility Statement

Branching Minds takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Branching Minds:

• Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
• Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
• Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
• Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

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. Branching Minds is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Additional Accessibility Considerations

Branching Minds has undergone rigorous third-party testing for Web Accessibility, and our application was tested against all of the applicable 50 success criteria within the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Conformance Level A and AA. The VPAT form was created by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). We use this form to measure our steps towards conformance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Branching Minds uses VPAT to report on our status with regard to meeting WCAG 2.1 A and AA standards.

Feedback

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

E-mail: accessibility@branchingminds.com

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Branching Minds is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

• Navigational aids are provided on all pages.
• Skip navigation links have been incorporated to facilitate keyboard navigation and to bypass groups of links on a page and jump directly to main content. The title attribute has been used to make linked text more meaningful or to indicate if the link opens a new browser window.
• Type-ahead search results are announced automatically.
• Radio buttons are grouped together.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Branching Minds, 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 Branching Minds:

• Content by third parties: Third parties may not conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA because we cannot ensure the quality of third parties. We will monitor and assess.

Assessment approach

Branching Minds assessed the accessibility of Branching Minds by the following approaches:

• External evaluation
• The testing methodology included a combination of automated testing and manual testing conducted via a paired testing methodology involving two testers (one non-sighted and the other a sighted accessibility expert).