Accessibility statement

IVSA targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA across the public directory, profile pages, and member-facing dashboard. Where compliance gaps exist, we treat them as bugs and prioritize them alongside other product work.

• Semantic HTML and landmark regions on every page.
• Skip-to-content links and keyboard-navigable controls.
• Color contrast ratios at AA or above on body copy and primary actions.
• Focus indicators visible on all interactive elements.
• Form fields paired with descriptive labels and inline error states.
• Reduced-motion preferences honored on animated UI (continent grid, profile transitions).
• Alt text on meaningful imagery and aria-hidden on decorative SVG patterns.

We're a young product and not perfect. Areas under active improvement:

• Older school-supplied photos may lack descriptive alt text until schools add it via their dashboard.
• The comparison table on /join scrolls horizontally on narrow viewports — we're working on a stacked variant.
• PDFs and documents uploaded by third parties are not retroactively accessibility-checked.

We test with the latest versions of VoiceOver (macOS, iOS), NVDA (Windows), and TalkBack (Android), against current Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. If you use a different combination and run into issues, we'd like to hear about it.

Email accessibility@ivsa.org or use the contact form. Tell us:

• What page or feature.
• What assistive technology you were using.
• What you expected vs. what happened.

We'll acknowledge within two business days and share a remediation plan with a target date.

If you need access to information on IVSA in an alternative format, contact us and we'll provide it. This includes large-print versions of policies, school information sent by email rather than retrieved from the directory, or other accommodations.