<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The Common App is committed to delivering an accessible application for all students. We are continually working to improve our application's accessibility by adopting the best practices and standards defined by</span><a href="https://www.section508.gov/" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #1155cc;">Section 508</span></a><span style="color: black;"> of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the latest</span><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #1155cc;">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)</span></a><span style="color: black;">.</span><br><br><span style="color: black;">We aim to create and improve accessibility features for students with vision impairments, limited movement, photosensitivity, and certain accommodations for learning disabilities and cognitive limitations.</span><br><br><span style="color: black;">Our team uses tools such as</span><a href="https://www.deque.com/axe/" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #1155cc;">aXe</span></a><span style="color: black;"> by Deque,</span><a href="https://www.nvaccess.org/" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #1155cc;">NVDA</span></a><span style="color: black;"> by NVAccess, built-in tools like MacOS Voiceover, and rigorous manual testing to verify and improve the accessibility of our application.</span><br><br><span style="color: black;">The Common App is dedicated to assisting students who may encounter accessibility issues within the system. Please email us at </span><u><span style="color: #1155cc;">accessibility@commonapp.org</span></u><span style="color: black;"> with your name, phone number or email address, and description of your need. </span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://camember.force.com/applicantsupport/s/article/What-accessibilit…; target="_blank">View the ADA-compliant PDF version of the first year application</a></span></p>
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