Brooklyn RC Accessibility Statement
Updated: May 26, 2025

At Brooklyn RC, we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive experience for everyone who visits our website and participates in our programs, regardless of their abilities. We believe that learning and engaging with STEM through RC vehicles should be available to all.

Our Commitment

We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines. Our efforts are guided by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which provides comprehensive recommendations for making web content more accessible.

Accessibility Features & Ongoing Efforts

We are continuously striving to improve the accessibility of our website. Our current and ongoing efforts include:

Perceivable:
Providing alternative text (alt text) for all meaningful images to ensure screen reader users can understand visual content.
Ensuring sufficient color contrast between text and background colors to improve readability for users with visual impairments.
Using clear, legible sans-serif fonts for body text to enhance readability across various devices and for users with reading disabilities.
Operable:
Ensuring that all interactive elements, such as navigation links and buttons, are keyboard navigable and have clear visual focus indicators.
Designing website navigation to be consistent and intuitive, allowing users to easily find information.
Understandable:
Using clear and concise language throughout the site.
Structuring content with proper headings (<h1>, <h2>, etc.) and semantic HTML to improve readability and navigation for assistive technologies.
Providing logical and consistent layouts across all pages.
Robust:
Developing the website using valid HTML and CSS, which contributes to compatibility with current and future user agents, including assistive technologies.
Feedback

Your feedback is invaluable in helping us improve our accessibility. If you encounter any accessibility barriers on our website, or have suggestions on how we can improve accessibility, please do not hesitate to contact us. We take all feedback seriously and will consider it as we work to improve our website's accessibility.

You can reach us at:

Brooklyn RC
hello@brooklynnrc.com

We are dedicated to making Brooklyn RC's digital presence welcoming and usable for everyone.