Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment

GAC is committed to providing a digital experience that is accessible and usable by the broadest possible range of people.

We recognize the diversity of human function and experience. This includes people with mobility, vision, hearing, speech, cognitive, neurological, sensory, learning, and other disabilities; people with limb differences; people who are neurodivergent; people who communicate in different ways; people who use assistive technologies; and people whose access needs may be temporary, situational, changing, or non-apparent.

We strive to incorporate accessibility from the beginning rather than addressing it only after a barrier has been identified.

Our Accessibility Standard

The GAC website strives to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA, while incorporating principles of usability, Universal Design, functional accessibility, and inclusive experience.

Technical conformance is important, but we do not believe that conformance alone defines accessibility.

A website can satisfy technical requirements and still create unnecessary effort, uncertainty, dependence, or barriers for the people using it. For that reason, we consider both technical accessibility and the functional experience of interacting with our website.

Our approach reflects the progression we encourage organizations to pursue:

Digital Accessibility

As part of our ongoing accessibility efforts, we consider areas including:

• Keyboard navigation and visible keyboard focus
• Screen reader and assistive technology compatibility
• Logical page structure and heading hierarchy
• Meaningful alternative text for images
• Sufficient color contrast
• Text resizing, reflow, and responsive design
• Accessible forms, instructions, labels, and error messages
• Descriptive and understandable links
• Captions and transcripts for multimedia when applicable
• Clear and consistent navigation
• Plain and understandable communication where appropriate
• Reduced reliance on color or sensory characteristics alone
• Compatibility across commonly used browsers, devices, and assistive technologies
• Accessible documents and downloadable resources

Accessibility is affected by the interaction among people, technology, content, assistive technology, communication, and the environment in which an experience occurs. No single technical standard can anticipate every individual access need or every combination of technologies.

For this reason, accessibility at GAC is an ongoing practice of evaluating, testing, listening, learning, and improving.

When You Encounter a Barrier

We welcome accessibility feedback.

If something on this website prevents you from finding information, understanding content, completing an action, communicating with us, or participating fully, we want to know.

When contacting us, you may choose to tell us the page, document, or feature involved; what barrier you encountered; and what format, method, or solution would make the information or experience accessible to you. Information about the browser, device, or assistive technology you were using may also be helpful, but it is not required.

When possible, GAC will work to provide the information, content, or service through an accessible alternative while the underlying barrier is reviewed.

Continuous Improvement

Accessibility is not a one-time project, checklist, certification, or destination.

Technology changes. Standards evolve. Organizations change. Most importantly, people experience accessibility differently.

GAC therefore treats accessibility as a continuing organizational responsibility. Feedback about barriers and functional experiences helps us identify where improvements are needed and informs our ongoing work.

Our goal is not simply to maintain a technically accessible website. It is to model the standard of accessibility we advocate for organizations around the world: