Accessibility Statement
Last updated: August 13, 2026
A friendly summary to help you get oriented. This does not replace the full statement below.
- We're working toward WCAG 2.2 AA — a widely used accessibility standard — across the site. It's an ongoing effort, not a finished checklist.
- Real fixes, not just intentions. Contrast, keyboard navigation, and motion preferences have been directly tested and corrected on our core pages, not just claimed.
- Not every page has been audited yet. We're honest about that below rather than overstating our progress.
- Hit a barrier? Email michael@mavtg.com and tell us what happened — we read every message personally.
This statement describes our genuine, ongoing effort — it is not a certification of full compliance. No website can honestly claim to be 100% accessible to every person and situation. If something doesn't work for you, please tell us; that report is how the site actually improves.
What we're working toward
MAVTG aims to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA — the widely recognized standard for making web content usable by people with a broad range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive differences. This is an active, ongoing effort across a large and growing site, not a one-time project we consider finished.
Real, verified fixes — not just aspirations
As of this statement, the following has been directly tested and corrected (not just assumed) across our core pages, including the homepage, the Kidney Navigator app, the services, foundation, travel, and academy pages, and our legal pages:
- Color contrast — text and interactive-control color pairings have been measured against the actual relative-luminance contrast formula (not eyeballed) and corrected to meet the 4.5:1 (normal text) and 3:1 (large text / essential UI) thresholds WCAG AA requires.
- Keyboard navigation — skip-to-content links, and visible focus outlines on interactive elements that previously had none.
- Reduced motion — pages with animation respect your operating system's "reduce motion" preference.
- Color is never the only signal — status and state (success, warning, selected, etc.) are always paired with text, an icon, or a shape, not color alone.
- Meaningful alternative text on images that convey real information; decorative images are marked so screen readers skip them.
- Semantic HTML structure — landmarks, heading hierarchy, and real form labels rather than placeholder-only text.
- Minimum touch target sizing — primary buttons and links sized for real-world tapping, not just mouse precision.
What we haven't finished yet
In the interest of honesty over polish: this site is large, and not every page has been through a full accessibility pass yet. Older or less-trafficked pages may not yet meet the same standard as the core pages listed above. We have not yet completed a live screen-reader (VoiceOver/NVDA) walkthrough of every page, and 200% browser-zoom behavior has been spot-checked rather than exhaustively verified everywhere. We're continuing this work, not treating it as done.
Tell us about a barrier
If you use assistive technology and encounter something on this site that doesn't work the way it should, we want to know — specifically. A concrete report (what page, what you were trying to do, what happened instead) is far more useful to us than a general complaint, and helps us actually fix the right thing.
Email michael@mavtg.com — every message is read personally, and we'll follow up directly.
This statement reflects real, verified work as of the date above. It will be updated as the site's accessibility coverage grows.