Accessibility Statement for Horticultural Research Institute

Horticulture Research Institute 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

Horticulture Research Institute takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Horticultural Research Institute:

  • 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. Horticultural Research Institute 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.


Additional accessibility considerations

Although our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, we have also applied some Level AAA Success Criteria: Images of text are only used for decorative purposes.


Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Horticultural Research Institute. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Horticultural Research Institute:

  • Phone: 614-487-1117
  • E-mail: web@americanhort.org
  • Visitor address: 2130 Stella Court Columbus, OH 43215
  • Postal address: 2130 Stella Court Columbus, OH 43215
  • on social media; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanHort/

We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.


Technical specifications

Accessibility of Horticultural Research Institute 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
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • PHP

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


Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Horticultural Research Institute, 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 Horticultural Research Institute:

  1. Comments from users:because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions. We monitor user comments and typically repair issues within 2 business days. Please use contact web@americanhort.org, if you encounter an issue.


Assessment approach

Horticulture Research Institute assessed the accessibility of Horticultural Research Institute by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation


Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Horticulture Research Institute
Nicolas Leas
Digital Web Manager

This statement was created on 11 February 2021


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