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Accessibility Statement for GIS Content

We strive to achieve WCAG 2.1 AA standards or higher on all digital materials that we create. In general, users should expect: The ability to use a screen reader on our website The ability to navigate without needing a mouse A seamless way to request assistance with any item

Pottawattamie County GIS's main website is hosted on VertiGIS Studio and uses components and data from ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.  These three platforms are designed with accessibility in mind and are evaluated against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Esri provides an ArcGIS Enterprise Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for ArcGIS Enterprise, based on the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), which describes the platform's conformance with WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA and Revised Section 508, including testing with screen readers and keyboard-only navigation.  They also provide the same for ArcGIS Online: ArcGIS Online Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR)

VertiGIS Studio conforms with WCAG 2.2 Level AA and provides screen reader support, keyboard shortcuts, and skip links for navigation - Documentation link.

Building on this platform-level support, we conduct additional testing of our interactive mapping sites and work continuously to improve the accessibility of our own content, including interactive maps, data tools, and dashboards.

We are committed to ensuring digital accessibility and continually improving the user experience for everyone. In alignment with updated Title II regulations requiring WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance by April 24, 2026, we have implemented an ongoing program of accessibility testing and improvement across our tools and content. If you encounter accessibility barriers when using our applications, please contact us using this Contact Form link.

Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Regulations

"The ADA broadly protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in employment, access to State and local government services, places of public accommodation, transportation, and other important areas of American life. The ADA also requires newly designed and constructed or altered State and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.

Title II...applies to State and local government entities, and...protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of disability in services, programs, and activities provided by State and local government entities."

Summary from Title II Regulations Supplementary Information
https://www.ada.gov/law-and-regs/regulations/title-ii-2010-regulations/

WCAG 2.1 AA

"Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 defines how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility involves a wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities. Although these guidelines cover a wide range of issues, they are not able to address the needs of people with all types, degrees, and combinations of disability. These guidelines also make web content more usable by older individuals with changing abilities due to aging and often improve usability for users in general."

Summary from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Background on WCAG 2
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/

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