The World Health Organization estimates that 16% of the global population – or approximately 1.3 billion individuals – experience significant disability, with over 100 million persons having significant difficulties in functioning (for more information, see https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health).
Many of these disabilities can affect access to information technologies. Additionally, the same individuals who run into barriers that impede access to information technologies could benefit most from using them.
Given the importance of the internet, accessibility to the web is of critical importance to people with disabilities around the world, including people with auditory, cognitive, physical, neurological, and visual disabilities. It is likewise important to those with accessibility needs due to aging.
Providing accessible web content can also benefit people who do not have disabilities but who are experiencing situational barriers. For example, when accessing the internet from devices with small screens or in low bandwidth situations, or when experiencing barriers due to language or literacy levels, accessibility solutions can also support improved access.
Boyd Wilson is committed to ensuring equal access for people with disabilities. This commitment applies not just to individuals visiting and living at our properties and communities, but also to visitors of our Websites. As (current or prospective) residents of our properties and communities or partners in our other business endeavors, individuals with disabilities are important contributors to Boyd Wilson's success and should not be excluded, but rather welcomed into the Boyd Wilson family.
Boyd Wilson will endeavor to maximize the access of people with disabilities to our Websites.
Web content produced by Boyd Wilson and published or otherwise made available on our Websites is intended to meet the World Wide Web Consortium's (“W3C”) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (“WCAG”) version 2.1 AA. This may not include user-generated content or User Contributions.
Content provided on our Websites by third-party developers is likewise intended to meet WCAG 2.1 AA[CW1] .
If you have any questions, please contact Boyd Wilson's Accessibility Coordinator[CW2] , who can be reached at contactus@boydwilson.com or 717-569-0484.
[CW1]Do we know whether content and media provided by third parties like 3D Plans and Matterport Tours will meet those accessibility standards?
[CW2]Think about who you would want this to be. Does the applicable person have a specific title or role other than “Accessibility Coordinator?”