Maricopa Community Colleges’ District Marketing and ITS teams are committed to ensuring accessibility standards in our Drupal websites. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 from the U.S.’s Health and Human Services (HHS) department, our sites must meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standards, though we strive for AAA wherever possible.
Regulations and Guidelines
Americans with Disabilities Act – Information and Technical Assistance
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops web accessibility standards, including:
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) addresses authoring tools
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview addresses web content, and is used by developers, authoring tools, and accessibility evaluation tools
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) addresses web browsers and media players, including some aspects of assistive technologies