How we made aclu.org more accessible

Mari Galicer
Nov 6 · 6 min read

Let’s face it; most websites aren’t up to accessibility standards — they provide vastly different and inferior experiences to people with low vision and those who browse the web with assistive devices. To us at the ACLU, a 100-year-old organization that has an active history of fighting for disability rights, that is simply unacceptable. We wanted our new homepage to not only reflect our core values, but to provide a site that was informative, engaging, and easy to navigate for everyone.

This blog post dives into some of the technical details about accessibility from…

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