At LocalCart.net® we know what it means to live with disabilities as dear friends and family members of ours do. We're proud to support ADA Accessibility and Compliance.
We comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) current standards that were originally developed in 2008 by W3C, an international organization dedicated to web development standards. The US government uses these guidelines for its own websites, including ADA.gov. WCAG introduces 4 principles for web content and design. WCAG states that for a website to be “accessible,” it must be:
- Perceivable — This principle includes guidelines such as providing text alternatives for non-text content. For example, you should have “alt text” for product photos to accommodate for blind or vision-impaired visitors.
- Operable — This principle says we should ensure our site can be effectively used by all people. For instance, a user should be able to reasonably navigate our site using just their keyboard.
- Understandable — This principle states that our site should be rendered in such a way that things like the language used can be programmatically determined. It also suggests that a site should behave predictably. For example, merely changing focus on a part of a page doesn’t cause unexpected changes to the content.
- Robust — According to this principle, content should be implemented in a way that it can be interpreted reliably by assistive technologies. Basic adherence to this guideline includes having valid code markup so the content can be parsed by a machine.
More specifically, LocalCart.net is Level A compliant with Keyboard accessibility, Timing, Navigation, Input modals, and Readability. We thank you for your support and look forward to serving you. Contact our staff for more information. ~Your friends at LocalCart