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Our Commitment to Accessibility
Act On His Word is dedicated to ensuring that our website is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. We believe that every individual should have equal access to God’s Word, and we are committed to making our online content user-friendly and accessible for all. Everyone benefits from good design!
To enhance the accessibility of our website, we have partnered with AccessiBe, an industry-leading web accessibility solution provider. AccessiBe helps us to continuously improve the accessibility of our website through advanced technology and tools.
How to Use the Accessibility Tools
To access the accessibility tools provided by AccessiBe, click on the accessibility icon located at the top right corner of the web page. This will open the accessibility menu where you can customize your browsing experience to suit your needs.
Features of AccessiBe
AccessiBe provides a range of features to support users with various disabilities, including:
- Screen Reader Adjustments: Our website is compatible with screen readers, enabling people that are blind or have low vision to navigate and interact with our content. Click to learn more About Screen Readers
- Keyboard Navigation: Users can navigate our website using keyboard shortcuts, making it easier for those with motor impairments to access information.
- Font adjustments: Users can increase and decrease font size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
- Color and Contrast Adjustments: Options are available to adjust color schemes and contrast levels, ensuring that users with visual issues can read content comfortably.
- Text Size and Spacing Adjustments: Users can adjust text size and spacing to improve readability according to their preferences.
- Content Scaling: Options are available for content scaling to ensure that users can view information at a size that suits them best.
Preset Disability Profiles
- Seizure Safe Profile: enables people with epilepsy to safely use the website by eliminating the risk of seizures resulting from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
- Vision Impaired Profile: adjusts the website so that it is accessible for most visual issues such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
- ADHD Friendly Profile: significantly reduces distractions and noise to help people with ADHD, and Neurodivergence browse, read, and focus on the essential elements more easily.
- Cognitive Disability Profile: provides various assistive features to help users with disabilities such as Autism, Dyslexia, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements more easily.
- Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): enables people with motor-impairment to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
- Blind Users Profile (Screen-Reader): adjusts the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is installed on the user’s computer, and this site is compatible with it. Click to learn more.
Universal Design Features
- icons: ease of understanding, communication, and navigation
- multisensory: video, audio, text, drama, images, art, print
- Easy reading: 7th grade reading level or less site-wide
- Evidence-Based: teaching & learning strategies are research-backed, including the use of Reader’s Theater (dramatic readings), the Universal Design for Learning framework, and the use of multisensory resources.
- Color Contrast: increases visibility
- Simple Clear Fonts: increases visibility and ease of reading
- Video Captions: make video accessible and enhances learning
- Definitions & Resources: to allow flexibility in learning for depth and clarity
Feedback and Assistance
We continuously strive to improve our website’s accessibility and welcome your feedback. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions on how we can enhance accessibility, please do not hesitate to contact us.
