Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment

Lions Services, Inc. is committed to ensuring that our website is accessible to people with disabilities, particularly those who are blind or have low vision. We believe everyone deserves equal access to information about our programs, employment opportunities, donations, events, and resources. We continuously work to improve the accessibility and usability of lionsservices.org for all users and welcome feedback from the community.

Conformance Status

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities.

This website is designed and maintained with the following WCAG 2.2 Level AA principles in mind:

• Perceivable: meaningful alt text on all informational images, sufficient color contrast (4.5:1 minimum, calendar date pills tested at 7.71:1 AAA), text that resizes without loss of content, and captions where relevant.
• Operable: full keyboard navigation, visible focus indicators on every interactive element, skip-to-content link as the first focusable element, and no content that flashes more than three times per second.
• Understandable: clear language, consistent navigation, descriptive link text, and form labels with error identification announced via ARIA live regions.
• Robust: clean semantic HTML5 markup with proper landmark roles, validated against current assistive technologies (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver).

Accessibility Features on This Site

• Skip-to-main-content link: the first focusable element on every page, allowing keyboard and screen-reader users to bypass the navigation.
• Semantic landmarks: <header>, <nav>, <main>, and <footer> are used consistently with appropriate ARIA labels.
• Keyboard navigation: all interactive elements (menus, dropdowns, forms, buttons, calendar) operate without a mouse. No keyboard traps.
• Visible focus indicators: clear focus rings on all interactive elements for keyboard users.
• Reduced motion: we respect the prefers-reduced-motion browser preference and disable auto-playing video and non-essential animation for users who request it.
• Descriptive alt text: images that convey information have meaningful alternative text; decorative images are marked aria-hidden.
• Color contrast: text and interactive elements meet or exceed the WCAG 2.2 AA contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.
• Form labels and ARIA live regions: every form field has an associated label; all error and status announcements use aria-live for screen readers.
• Responsive layout: content reflows cleanly across screen sizes and supports 200% zoom without loss of content or functionality.
• Screen-reader verified: tested with NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver.

Known Limitations

Despite our ongoing efforts, some content on this site may not yet be fully accessible. Specifically, some imported blog posts from our previous website may include legacy images with imperfect alt text, and we are actively reviewing and updating them. PDF documents older than 2024 may not have been remediated for screen-reader accessibility; if you encounter one you need, contact us and we will provide an accessible alternative within five business days.

Feedback and Reporting Barriers

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this website. If you encounter an accessibility barrier, or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us:

We try to respond to accessibility feedback within five (5) business days. To help us address your concern quickly, please include:

• The page URL where you encountered the problem.
• A description of the problem and what you were trying to do.
• The browser, operating system, and any assistive technology you were using (if known).

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of this website relies on the following technologies to work with modern browsers and assistive technology:

• HTML5 with semantic landmark elements
• CSS3 (with fallbacks for older browsers)
• JavaScript (progressive enhancement; core content is accessible without JavaScript)
• WAI-ARIA attributes used where semantic HTML alone is not enough

Ongoing Assessment

We conduct independent third-party accessibility audits after every site change touching navigation, forms, or content structure. Continuous monitoring runs via axe-core in our development pipeline. The most recent independent audit was completed on April 27, 2026, with a clean (zero violations) result. See our Compliance Report for full details and current scores.

Formal Approval

This Accessibility Statement was prepared on April 27, 2026 and reflects the state of the website on that date. It will be reviewed and updated as the website evolves.