Accessibility Statement for Powering Chicago

Powering Chicago is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility

Powering Chicago takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of the Powering Chicago website:

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.

Powering Chicago 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.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Powering Chicago is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

Powering Chicago is not compatible with:

• Browsers older than 3 major versions.
• Mobile operating systems older than 5 years.
• Technical specifications

Accessibility of Powering Chicago 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
• JavaScript

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

Assessment Approach

Powering Chicago assessed the accessibility of the Powering Chicago website by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation
• External evaluation

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Powering Chicago website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Powering Chicago: Contact Us