Accessibility Statement for IABC Website

This is an accessibility statement from International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

Measures to support accessibility

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of IABC Website:

  1. Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
  2. Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
  3. Include accessibility experts in our website design process


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. IABC Website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

 

Feedback

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

Phone: +1 312.321.6868
Email: member_relations@iabc.com
Visitor and Postal Address: 330 N Wabash, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
We try to respond to feedback within 3 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

IABC Website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  1. Browser Google Chrome with assistive technology

Technical specifications

Accessibility of IABC Website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  1. HTML
  2. WAI-ARIA
  3. CSS
  4. JavaScript

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

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of IABC Website , 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 IABC Website:

Article images: Uploaded images may not have equivalent text alternatives because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions reaching back throughout all articles from the past few years. We are working on updating this. We monitor issues flagged to us and typically repair issues within 5 business days. Please contact us if you encounter an issue.

Footer links: At present, the website footer includes linked icons to IABC's social media accounts. Each of these icons contains alt text, but we are working on continuing to update to improve navigability for all users.


Assessment approach

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) assessed the accessibility of IABC Website by the following approaches:

 

Date

This statement was created on 30 September 2024 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.