Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority Website

Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority – a division of Visit Hershey Harrisburg - is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. Sports & Events in our community provide important opportunities for people with disabilities to be active, engaged, and involved. Just as we strive for all Sports & Events to be inclusive and welcoming to people with disabilities, we want our website to reflect the same intentions. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and are applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility

Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Website:

Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
Work with appointed Visit Hershey & Harrisburg accessibility officer.
As assigned, reach clear accessibility targets and responsibilities.
Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

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. Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority Website 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 Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority Website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority Website:

Phone: (877) 727-8573
E-mail: hhsenewsletter@hhsportsandevents.com
Visitor address: 3211 N Front Street, Suite 301B, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Postal address: 3211 N Front Street, Suite 301B, Harrisburg, PA 17110

We try to respond to feedback within We try to respond to feedback within 3-4 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Website is compatible with:

Browsers that include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. While the site may work on older browsers, we do not actively support them. We support the two latest versions of any browser that is still in active development and that generates 3% or greater overall web traffic.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Website 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

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

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Website, 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 Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Website:

Contrast issue: Low contrast issues may exist on box navigation where white or gold text is over a photo because the current code shows a white box if the photo cannot be displayed. We are exploring ways to mediate the contrast issue. Alt text is present on the boxes along with a URL to the page. Additionally, when low contrast issues are present in side widgets, links to these stories ae available in Press Releases, Articles, and Blog.

Assessment approach

Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority assessed the accessibility of Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Website by the following approaches:

Self-evaluation
We use a combination of third-party ADA website scanning tools to find issues and work to resolve them.

Evaluation report

An evaluation report for Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Website is available at: https://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://www.hhsportsandevents.com/.

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement has been prepared by:

Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority
Allison Rohrbaugh
Director of Marketing & Communications

And has been approved by:

Visit Hershey Harrisburg
Heather Novack
Manager of Digital Marketing & Technology
*Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority is a division of Visit Hershey Harrisburg

Formal complaints

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 3-4 business days, and to propose a solution within 10 business days.

This statement was created on 16 February 2021 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.