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Fair Access Shield
Accessibility statement
Fair Access Shield is a synchronized accessibility publishing workflow for public web and app content. It connects hosted FAS workspaces, existing-platform export, visual editing, managed VS Code, Live Copilot, Shield Guide, validation, hosted release paths, assigned contributor work, and portable proof in the same route context. Holding our own site to the same standard is a non-negotiable. This page documents what we conform to, how we test, what’s known to fall short, and how to report a barrier.
Our commitment
Fair Access Shield commits to WCAG 2.2 Level AA conformance across this public site and the authenticated product, as our active baseline. Where a surface is still being remediated, we say so on this page rather than overclaiming.
Standards we follow
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WCAG 2.2 AA — the operative success-criteria target for new work shipped
to
fairaccessshield.com. - Section 508 (Revised) — addressed by way of WCAG 2.0 AA inheritance; gaps tracked alongside 2.2 AA work.
- EN 301 549 — the European public-procurement standard; mapped to the same WCAG 2.2 AA baseline.
How we test
- Automated scans using the same engines (axe-core, pa11y) used by the product, run against every shipped change.
- Manual review of keyboard navigation, focus order, screen-reader output (NVDA on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS/iOS), reflow at 320 CSS pixels, and 200% zoom.
- Color and contrast measured against AA thresholds (4.5:1 body, 3:1 large text, 3:1 non-text UI).
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Motion respects
prefers-reduced-motion; nothing animates beyond a brief reveal without user intent.
Beyond checker results
WCAG is the floor; usable journeys are the target. Our product and our own site checks look for real task blockers, not only passing scanner rows.
- The same accessibility workflow can run in a hosted FAS workspace or support an existing WordPress, CMS, app, or agency release path without breaking route, source, and proof continuity.
- Route and journey review covers forms, navigation, dialogs, responsive layouts, repeated templates, live authoring output, and source-linked fixes.
- Findings should explain the user impact, route, selector, owner, WCAG reference, staged change, rerun result, and before/after proof.
- When a stricter pattern makes the site clearer, easier to use, or more resilient, we try to beat the minimum bar instead of stopping at it.
- Help-first operations include donated scan credits, gifted review capacity, and scoped assignments where supported contributors, including disabled creators and trained reviewers, can take workforce-ready page copy, app content, alt text, proof summary, and export-ready handoff work with human approval.
Known limitations
We don’t pretend the marketing site is perfect — that would be a worse signal than naming the gaps:
- Some third-party embedded surfaces (Stripe Checkout, Google sign-in) are governed by their vendors’ own accessibility programs. We pick vendors with strong track records, but we don’t control their DOM.
- Marketing imagery may use stock photography; we audit it for color-only meaning and add alternative text but cannot retake third-party photos.
- This statement itself is updated when a regression is found or a new criterion is adopted, not on a fixed schedule. The date below is the last time it was reviewed.
Report a barrier
If anything on this site or in the product gets in your way, we want to know — tell us what you ran into, what assistive technology you were using, and which page. We aim to acknowledge within two business days.