The Nevada Independent is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

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. The Nevada Independent is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of The Nevada Independent. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on The Nevada Independent:

• E-mail: [email protected]

We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of The Nevada Independent relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Assessment approach

The Nevada Independent assessed the accessibility of The Nevada Independent by the following approaches:

• Self-evaluation
• External evaluation

Evaluation report

An evaluation report for The Nevada Independent is available at:https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.thenevadaindependent.com/wcag/homepage-wcag_2019-09-03_15-48-31.pdf.