Accessibility Policy & Sitemap
Do you need assistance accessing something on this website? Please don’t hesitate to email at Douglas@DEGuitarAcademy.com.
At DEGuitarAcademy.com, we’re committed to accessibility. It is our policy to ensure that persons with disabilities have a full and equal access to our digital offerings.
​
DEGuitarAcademy.com strives to meet the following accessibility standards: Web Accessibility Standards (WAS), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 AA, PDF/Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA) to ensure our digital offerings are ADA Compliant.
Here are just some of the many ways that DEGuitarAcademy.com is accessible and meets the above accessibility standards:
-
Descriptive alt text is assigned to every meaningful image
-
Our website is navigable without a mouse, by keyboard only
-
Video and audio files on this site are mostly music, not speech
-
Audios and videos are activated by your choice, no auto-plays
-
Pop-ups are not installed
-
Page names are consistent throughout the site
-
We ensure all text to background color contrast is better than a 4.5:1 ratio
-
Any PDFs hosted on our site meet the PDF/UA minimum standards
-
A consistent and predictable layout is maintained throughout our website
-
A sitemap is provided on this page below
To ensure DEGuitarAcademy.com is accessible, we have taken the following steps:
​
-
We have reviewed WACG 2 Level AA standards and incorporated requirement where needed.
-
We have reviewed this webhost’s recommendations at https://support.wix.com/en/article/checklist-for-improving-your-sites-accessibility
-
We have consulted with a Wix website designer to further understand requirements and standards on best practices in web accessibility
-
We give every effort in staying informed on evolving requirements and ADA law.
-
When new pages or content is added to the site, a knowledgeable Wix website designer is consulted to ensure WACG standards continue to be met.
-
We invite feedback from all users of our website to improve accessibility.
Through our genuine and good faith commitment and devotion to accessibility, we believe we meet if not exceed the access requirements imposed by Title I, II, & III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 & 508 of the Rehabilitation Act where applicable to our business and website.
DEGuitarAcademy.com is committed to accessibility and we are always seeking to improve. If you know of a way we can improve, we’d love to hear more. You can email us at Douglas@DEGuitarAcademy.com
​
Mutual Indemnification
​
Visitors to this website, owners, designers, and webhost of this website hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold the other Parties, consultants, contractors (collectively, “Representatives”) harmless from and against any and all damages or other amounts payable to a Third Party claimant, as well as any attorneys’ fees, court costs, and costs of litigation (collectively, “Damages”) arising out of or resulting from any claim, suit, proceeding or cause of action (each, a “Claim”) brought by a Third Party against a Party or its Representatives based on:
(a) inadvertent violation of ADA accessibility standards,
(b) website coding inability to provide accessibility accommodation,
(c) breach of any representation or warranty by the website owners, designers and webhost striving to comply with ADA accessibility standards
(d) breach of any other applicable Law by such Indemnifying Party, or
(e) gross negligence or willful misconduct by any Indemnifying Party, its Affiliates, or their respective employees, contractors or agents.
​
​
Sitemap
​
​
​
​
​
​
Accessibility Policy | Sitemap (you are here)
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​