January 3, 2026. 

Compliance status

We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone and are

committed to providing a website that is accessible to the broadest possible audience, regardless

of ability.

 

To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C)

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain

how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with

those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to blind people, people with motor

impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

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This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all

times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust

the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.

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Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and

optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,

adapts its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by blind users, and for keyboard

functions used by individuals with motor impairments.

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If you wish to contact the website’s owner please use the following email

harrisoncenter@madisoncountyal.gov.

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Screen-reader and keyboard navigation

Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique,

alongside various behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers can read,

comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters

your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can

browse and operate your site effectively.

 

Here’s how our website covers some of the most

important screen-reader requirements:

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Anna1. Screen-reader optimization:

we run a process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure

ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-

readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide

accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons,

cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus,

modal dialogues (popups), and others.

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Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images. It provides an

accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate

text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts embedded within the

image using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader

adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-

reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon

as they enter the website.

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These adjustments are compatible with popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA,

VoiceOver, and TalkBack.

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2. Keyboard navigation optimization:

The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML and adds various behaviors using

JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to

navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow

keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between

radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or

Enter key.

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Additionally, keyboard users will find content-skip menus available at any time by clicking

Alt+2, or as the first element of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background

process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as

soon as they appear, not allowing the focus to drift outside.

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Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus),

“H” (headings),

“F” (forms),

“B” (buttons),

and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.

 

Disability profiles supported on our website

Epilepsy Safe Profile: this profile enables people with epilepsy to safely use the website by

eliminating the risk of seizures resulting from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.

Vision Impaired Profile: this profile adjusts the website so that it is accessible to the majority

of visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and

others.

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Cognitive Disability Profile: this profile provides various assistive features to help users with

cognitive disabilities such as Autism, Dyslexia, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential

elements more easily.

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ADHD Friendly Profile: this profile significantly reduces distractions and noise to help

people with ADHD, and Neurodevelopmental disorders browse, read, and focus on the

essential elements more easily.

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Blind Users Profile (Screen-readers): this profile adjusts the website to be compatible with

screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is installed

on the blind user’s computer, and this site is compatible with it.

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Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons

to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can

also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G”

(graphics) to jump to specific elements.

 

Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments

1. Font adjustments

users can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing,

alignment, line height, and more.

2. Color adjustments

users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and

monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds

with over seven different coloring options.

3. Animations

epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations

controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.

4. Content highlighting

users can choose to emphasize essential elements such as links and titles. They can alsochoose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.

5. Audio muting

users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic

audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.

6. Cognitive disorders

we utilize a search engine linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with

cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.

7. Additional functions

we allow users to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual

keyboard, and many other functions.

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Assistive technology and browser compatibility

We aim to support as many browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can

choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have

worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user

market share, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft

Edge, JAWS, and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and MAC users.

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Notes, comments, and feedback

Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still

be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or

are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually

improving our accessibility, adding, updating, improving its options and features, and developing

and adopting new technologies.

 

All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility

following technological advancements. If you wish to contact the website’s owner, please use the

following email harrisoncenter@madisoncountyal.gov