Declaration of Accessibility 

Introduction 

The Internet constitutes the largest resource supporting freedom of information today for the user community in general and for users with disabilities in particular. For that reason we place emphasis on granting equal service to people with disabilities who use information displayed on the website, and on improving their browsing experience. 

We seek to ensure that our digital services will be accessible to people with disabilities, and accordingly we have invested in the website’s ease of use for people with disabilities, to the full extent possible, in the belief that every person deserves the right to a life of equality, respect, comfort, and independence. 

 

Measures to support accessibility

Manifest Design Studio takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Manifest Design Studio:

• Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
• Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
• Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.
• Include people with disabilities in our design personas

 

Using the EqualWeb website accessibility tool 

This website employs the Nagich By Click accessibility software and is connected through a special accessibility server. The software complies with Israeli standard SI 5568 at AA level. The software is subject to the manufacturer’s Terms of Use. The website owners and/or agents bear the responsibility for the usage and implementation on the website, including the content displayed on the website under the Terms of Use of the Software. 

 

How does the site’s accessibility work? 

The website features an accessibility menu. A click on the menu makes accessibility buttons available. After selecting a menu item, the user should wait for the page to be loaded. 

 

What are the menu items? 

• Option for keyboard-based navigation 
• Adaptation of the website for NVDA assistive technology 
• Enlargement of the font on the website to 4 levels of magnification 
• Immobilization of moving elements, and stoppage of blinking 
• Altered color contrast against dark background
• Altered color contrast against light background 
• Adaptation for color-blind users 
• Change of font for better readability 
• Enlarged cursor, and change of color to black or white 
• Enlargement of display to ~200% 
• Emphasizing links on the website 
• Emphasizing headings on the website 
• Presentation of alt text to graphics 
• Declaration of accessibility 
• Sending of accessibility feedback

 

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Manifest Design Studio is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

 

Additional accessibility considerations

Although our goal is WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, we have also applied some Level AAA Success Criteria: Images of text are only used for decorative purposes. Re-authentication after a session expires does not cause loss of data. Some videos have sign language interpretation.

 

Clarification
Despite our efforts to apply accessibility to browsing on every webpage, it may be discovered that some of webpages have not yet received accessibility or are not suitable for any available accessibility solution. Therefore there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Manifest Design Studio:

1. Comments from users: Uploaded images may not have text alternatives because We cannot ensure the quality of contributions. We monitor user comments and typically repair issues within 2 business days. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on our website: E-mail: [email protected].

We are continuing the effort to improve the website’s accessibility to the full extent possible, guided by our belief, and by our moral commitment, that the website should be usable by the entire population, including people with disabilities.

 

Accessibility arrangements at the company 

Nicole Du Guay assessed the accessibility of Manifest Design Studio by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation

 

Details of the company’s accessibility coordinator 

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Nicole Du Guay – Owner of Manifest Design Studio

 

Contact and feedback 

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Manifest Design Studio. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on our website:

E-mail: [email protected].

We try to respond to feedback within 5 business days.