Web Accessibility for Mission-Driven Organizations

We believe the web should be accessible to everyone.

That’s why accessibility is baked into every Kanopi project. 

Accessibility is the default for all of our web design and development projects. We incorporate accessibility practices into every step of our process, from initial design through launch. Every site we design and build is held to WCAG 2.2 Level AA, and we have several accessibility experts on staff.

Katherine White, Chief Technology Officer, owns Kanopi’s accessibility standard. Questions about accessibility on a Kanopi project can go to your project team or to hello@kanopi.com.

Our accessibility services include: 

Kanopi doesn’t install accessibility overlays. They don’t fix the underlying code, and they often interfere with the assistive technology your users already rely on.

Automated scanners catch mechanical failures. People catch the barriers that actually stop your users. Every site we design and build gets both:

  • Design review against our accessibility checklist, covering contrast, tap target size, focus and error states, and motion
  • Accessibility requirements written into each development ticket
  • Automated Pa11y scans on every code change, plus Lighthouse audits on each page template
  • Keyboard-only and screen reader testing with NVDA and VoiceOver before your team starts acceptance testing
  • A WCAG 2.2 AA conformance report at launch, with pass or fail for every success criterion

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Kanopi is immersed in web accessibility

Why web accessibility matters

According to the CDC, more than one in four U.S. adults (over 70 million people) reported having a disability in 2022. Not to mention, as we get older, our hearing and sight can deteriorate over time. Then there are “situational” disabilities: a broken arm, a user on a plane that forgot their headphones and wants to utilize closed captioning to watch a movie on their mobile device, or the user who got their pupils dilated at the ophthalmologist’s office.

Consequently, web accessibility is essential for developers and organizations that want to create high-quality websites and online tools that work for everyone.

Contact us to make your site accessible

Watch Our Accessibility Webinar

Want more accessibility info via a webinar?

Kanopi’s Candice Dexter gave a webinar for our client, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), called “Making Your Websites Accessible: An Overview of the New Federal ADA Guidelines.” It covers topics such as:

  • What is web accessibility, and why is it important?
  • An overview of WCAG AA and ADA Title II guidelines.
  • What do the ADA Title II updates mean for you?
  • Tools and resources

Access the webinar here

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