Accessibility

Access to information should be accessible.

Our design aims to be clear, keyboard-friendly, responsive, and usable across different devices.

Our accessibility goal

Disability Compass Canada aims to make its content accessible to people with different disabilities, devices, and ways of navigating the web.

Features in this release

  • Semantic page structure and labelled navigation.
  • Keyboard-accessible links and mobile navigation.
  • Responsive layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.
  • Text alternatives for meaningful images.
  • Reduced-motion support for visitors who request it.
  • Readable colour contrast and visible focus behaviour.

Known limitations

This initial release has not yet undergone a formal third-party accessibility audit. Some external resources may have accessibility barriers or different navigation patterns. The site’s accessibility should be tested with assistive technologies and reviewed against the applicable requirements before making a conformance claim.

Feedback

Contact details for accessibility feedback should be added here before launch. Until then, visitors can use the official program links on the relevant pages to reach the responsible organization.