WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

Accessibility Statement for Emerald Coast Science Center

This is an accessibility statement from Emerald Coast Science Center regarding our website.

Measures to support accessibility

Emerald Coast Science Center takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Emerald Coast Science Center's website:

Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
Appoint an accessibility officer and/or ombudsperson.
Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Emerald Coast Science Center is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard; please see areas in which content conformation is unable to be altered below under "Limitations and alternatives."

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of our site. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

Phone: 850-664-1261
E-mail: website@ecscience.org
Address: 31 Memorial Pkwy SW, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

We try to respond to feedback within 2-3 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Emerald Coast Science Center's website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers with assistive technology on PC, IOS, and Android platforms within last 5 years

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Emerald Coast Science Center's website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

HTML
CSS
JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Emerald Coast Science Center's website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Emerald Coast Science Center's website:

Events calendar: Previous/past dates text color cannot be altered because our website hosting platform (Wix) has no option for us to change the color of past calendar dates. We have reached out to our hosting platform to see if they can amend this option. If your screen reader is unable to view past date information because of the light text, email us at website@ecscience.org with any past date information you'd like.
Events calendar single event view: "Select a different date" option button color cannot be altered because our website hosting platform has no option for us to change the color of this button. We have reached out to our hosting platform to see if they can amend this option. If your screen reader is unable to view past date information because of the light text, email us at website@ecscience.org with any other upcoming date information you'd like.

Assessment approach

Emerald Coast Science Center's ADA compliance staff member assessed the accessibility of Emerald Coast Science Center by the following approaches:

Self-evaluation and ADA website research regarding best practices for web accessibility
Website hosting platform accessibility tool wizard

Formal complaints

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 3 business days, and to propose a solution within 14 business days, should you be dissatisfied with our response to you. Please email Kate Fox at website@ecscience.org with any formal complaints regarding our website's accessibility.