Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Manatee County Housing Authority Website

Manatee County Housing Authority is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility

Manatee County Housing Authority takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Manatee County Housing Authority Website:

  • Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
  • Appoint an accessibility officer and/or ombudsperson.
  • Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
  • Assign clear accessibility targets and responsibilities.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

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. Manatee County Housing Authority Website is fully conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Fully conformant means that the content fully conforms to the accessibility standard without any exceptions.

Additional accessibility considerations

We have added software by Userway that adds an icon to the front of the website that allows users to do things like increase font size, increase contrast, increase curser size, highlight links, stop animation and much more.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Manatee County Housing Authority Website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on our Website:

  • Phone: 941-756-3974
  • E-mail: blanca.ramirez@manateehousing.com
  • Visitor address: 5631 11th Street East Bradenton, Florida34203

We try to respond to feedback within 2-3 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Manatee County Housing Authority Website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Firefox browser and Chrome browser with NVDA screen reader on Windows 10

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Manatee County Housing Authority 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:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA

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

Assessment approach

Manatee County Housing Authority assessed the accessibility of Manatee County Housing Authority Website by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • External evaluation

Evaluation report

An evaluation report for Manatee County Housing Authority Website is available at: Accessibility Audit

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Manatee County Housing Authority
Blanca Ramirez
Accessibility Officer

Formal complaints

We welcome any feedback that will help us continue to be accessible to everybody. We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 2-3 business days and to propose a solution as soon as possible.


This statement was created on 3 March 2020 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.