Accessibility Commitment
Shinnyo‑en is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all users of all abilities. We are continually improving the user experience and applying the relevant accessibility standards as they apply to this website.
Our primary accessibility goals
All users of the site will be able to:
- Navigate the website using a keyboard
- Change the font size or zoom in up to 300% without text overlapping
- Read the website using a screen reader
- Use the website on a mobile device
- Access equivalent alternative text for imagery
- Understand, fill-out and submit forms
- Read captions and/or transcripts for media
Guidelines to inform design
We have designed our website with WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines in mind.
How we conform to standards
Our website content partially conforms to WCAG 2.1, and we are actively working toward full conformance.
Our website was assessed on November 22, 2023 for compliance to the WCAG 2.1 through a manual accessibility audit performed by NakagawaCo using the following technologies:
Accessibility issues we are addressing
The following is a list of known accessibility issues that we are actively researching and plan to address:
Contrast Errors
In some portions of the videos that play on the home page and landing pages, navigation readability does not pass contrast conformance.
Actions we are taking
- Ongoing self-evaluation
- Partnering with a development team with accessibility experience
- Providing direct feedback options for users to report accessibility barriers
We want to hear from you
If you encounter an accessibility barrier that makes it difficult to find information or use our website, please contact us using the form below.
We will do our best to respond as soon as we can.