Accessibility Statement

Updated on June 6, 2024

Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.

Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility

Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area continually strives to make our website and materials inclusive and accessible to everyone. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email [email protected] or give us a call at 410-222-1805.

We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content useable. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and investing in continuing education to stay up-to-date with accessibility standards.

Where We're Improving

Many of our resources and content were created many years ago and we're working to improve the accessibility of this older content. In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:

  • Improving PDF, DOCX accessibility
  • Rewriting ambiguous link anchors
  • Adding missing alt tags to images
  • Adding transcripts to pages with embedded videos
  • Improving heading structure

This is part of our broader effort to make everyone's experience at Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.

Accessibility Support Contact

We welcome comments, questions, and feedback on our website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email [email protected] or give us a call at 410-222-1805. We will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.