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    Lewis University strives to ensure that its services are accessible to people with disabilities. 海角社区 has invested resources to help ensure that its website is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence. Accessibility and inclusion are part of our Lasallian identity.

    The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA are a set of internationally recognized standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to ensure that digital content is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. These guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for making web content more accessible and user-friendly. The ADA Title II regulatory rule, published to the Federal Register in April 2024, establishes WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the technical standard for accessibility compliance.

    The WCAG 2.1 guidelines are organized around four core principles, known as POUR:

    1. Perceivable: Information and user interface components must be presented in ways that users can perceive. This includes providing text alternatives for non-text content, creating content that can be presented in different ways (e.g., simpler layout) without losing information, and making it easier for users to see and hear content.
    2. Operable: User interface components and navigation must be operable. This means making all functionality available from a keyboard, giving users enough time to read and use content, and helping users navigate and find content.
    3. Understandable: Information and the operation of the user interface must be understandable. This involves making text readable and understandable, without jargon and taking into account a person’s reading level. Web pages should appear and operate in predictable ways, helping users avoid mistakes.
    4. Robust: Content must be robust enough to be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies. This means ensuring compatibility with current and future user tools.

      5. Creating accessible content should span the four principles.

      A series of have been developed by the National Center on Disability and Access to Education for use with Microsoft Office programs, Adobe Acrobat, and YouTube captioning. Follow these guidelines to use the latest features to create accessible documents, pdfs, videos and any digital content.

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