Accessibility Statement

Our commitment

We aim to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. Accessibility is an ongoing effort. If you run into anything on this site that's difficult to use, please contact us and we'll work to fix it.

Accessibility features on this site

• Keyboard navigation. Every link, button, form field, and menu can be operated without a mouse, including the dropdown menus in the top navigation (open them with Enter or by tabbing in, close with Escape).
• Visible focus indicators. Tabbing through the page shows a clear highlight around the active link, button, or field.
• Skip to main content. The first tab stop on every page lets keyboard users jump past the header and go straight to the page content.
• Semantic structure. Headings, landmarks (navigation, main content, footer), and labeled form fields are marked up so screen readers can announce and navigate them correctly.
• Alternative text. Meaningful images, including the ASAC logo, have descriptive alt text for screen reader users.
• Readable color contrast. Text and background colors are chosen to remain legible for people with low vision or color blindness.
• Persistent crisis support. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline banner stays reachable at the top of every page.
• Responsive layout. Pages reflow for phones, tablets, and desktops, and support browser text resizing and zoom without losing content.
• Works without JavaScript. The resource, meeting and event directories are delivered as complete lists in the page. Search and filtering need JavaScript; reading everything does not.

Accessibility features in your browser

Most of the browsers people use to visit this site have built-in accessibility tools. A few worth knowing about:

• Safari (Mac/iOS): works with VoiceOver, Apple's built-in screen reader (Cmd+F5 on Mac, Settings > Accessibility on iPhone/iPad), and includes a Reader view that strips down cluttered pages to just text.
• Chrome: has a built-in page zoom (Ctrl/Cmd +/-), a "Live Caption" feature for audio and video, and supports third-party screen readers like NVDA and JAWS on Windows and ChromeVox on Chromebooks.
• Microsoft Edge: includes Immersive Reader, which reads pages aloud and simplifies layout and text spacing, and works with Windows Narrator, the built-in Windows screen reader (Win+Ctrl+Enter).
• Firefox: includes a Reader View for distraction-free reading and supports the same screen readers as Chrome and Edge on Windows (NVDA, JAWS) and VoiceOver on Mac.

All major browsers also let you increase default text size and zoom level in their settings, and support your operating system's high-contrast or dark mode display settings.

Translating this site

This site is published in English. If you'd like to read it in another language, your browser can translate it automatically:

• Chrome and Edge: both offer to translate a page automatically when it's in a different language than your browser is set to; you can also right-click anywhere on the page and choose "Translate to [language]."
• Safari: click the translate icon in the address bar (when available for the page's language) to translate the page.
• Firefox: supports translation through free add-ons available from the Firefox Add-ons store, such as Google Translate extensions.
• Google Translate: you can also paste this site's web address into translate.google.com(opens in a new tab) from any browser.

Tools and extensions that can help

If you or someone you're helping needs more support navigating the web, these free tools are widely used:

• Screen readers: NVDA (free, Windows), JAWS (Windows), VoiceOver (built into every Mac and iPhone), and TalkBack (built into Android).
• Screen magnification: Windows Magnifier and macOS Zoom are built into their operating systems and can be turned on in system accessibility settings.
• Browser extensions: reading-focused extensions like Read Aloud (text-to-speech) and dyslexia-friendly font or high-contrast extensions are available for free in the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons store.
• Voice control: Voice Control (Mac/iOS) and Voice Access (Android) let you navigate and fill out forms by speaking instead of typing or clicking.

Analytics and privacy

We use Google Analytics to understand how many people visit this site and which pages they find useful, so we can keep improving it. Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser so it can tell a new visit from a returning one.

• What it records. The pages you view, how you arrived (for example, from a search engine or another website), and general information such as your device type, browser, and approximate region. Google Analytics does not log or store IP addresses.
• What it doesn't record. Your name, email address, phone number, or anything you type into our contact form. We don't use it to identify individual visitors.
• No advertising use. Google's advertising features are turned off for this site, so your visit is not used to build advertising profiles or personalize ads.
• Opting out. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, browse in a private or incognito window, or install Google's Analytics opt-out add-on(opens in a new tab). The site works the same either way.

Questions, feedback, or trouble using any part of this site? Contact us. We want to hear from you.