Oakland, California<\/strong> \u2013 February 14, 2023 \u2013 Ability Central has launched an updated version of its Portal website, bringing a streamlined user experience and greater accessibility for people with disabilities to the site. Originally introduced in June of 2022, the Ability Central Portal now conforms to WCAG 2.1 Level AA web standards, joining only 2% of the top one million websites that reach these accessibility criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis new update brings the same informative content on the Portal into a more equitable space,\u201d says Matt Cherry, director of philanthropy at Ability Central. \u201cThe W3C\u2019s WCAG web accessibility guidelines are internationally recognized standards of inclusivity for digital experiences. Comprised of 50 success criteria, we are among only a small portion of websites that have reached this milestone. We\u2019re proud to be a blueprint for digital accessibility and look forward to bringing information about disabilities to the widest audience possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ability Central Portal is a web tool that provides information about disabilities to the public. It focuses on providing in-depth information and resources to people who are Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent; people experiencing physical or sensory declines; and caregivers and community organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ability Central Portal includes unique databases and custom-built resources designed to meet the needs of people with disabilities and their support communities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit the Portal today.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Headquartered in Oakland, California, Ability Central is the philanthropic division of the California Communication Access Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2003. Ability Central serves as an educator, convener, and resource working to expand communication and information access for individuals who are Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent and their families and caregivers. Ability Central offers technical support to other nonprofits working to help people who are Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent; and provides online information and resources for anyone with questions about disabilities and communication access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact: Grant Barringer, Communications Manager<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ability Central’s upgraded Portal joins top 2% of websites conforming to WCAG 2.1 Level AA web accessibility standards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[41,16,42,17,19],"acf":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Grant Barringer","author_link":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/author\/gbarringer\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"Ability Central Portal<\/a> News<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Ability Central's upgraded Portal joins top 2% of websites conforming to WCAG 2.1 Level AA web accessibility standards.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1504,"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/1504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutus.abilitycentral.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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