Accessibility Statement for The World Giving Library

This is an accessibility statement from GivingTuesday.

Measures to support accessibility

GivingTuesday takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of The World Giving Library:

• Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
• Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.

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. The World Giving Library 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.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of The World Giving Library. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on The World Giving Library:

• E-mail: info@givingtuesday.org

We try to respond to feedback within 3 business days.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of The World Giving Library 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.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of The World Giving Library , 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 The World Giving Library:

1. Explore View: The Explore View relies heavily on mouse-based visualizations, with no text alternatives. because The Explore view is fundamentally a visual represeentation of relationships.. We provide the Research view, which gives access to the same information in a fully-accessible form.. .

Assessment approach

GivingTuesday assessed the accessibility of The World Giving Library by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation