Accessibility Service

Our Accessibility Service prepares academic and public-facing documents so that people with visual, auditory, motor, or cognitive disabilities can use them. We work to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), at Level AA.

Alternative text, headings, reading order, and link text are written and checked by an editor who has read the document.

Standards

WCAG 2.1 Level AA is the standard adopted by the United States Department of Justice in its April 2024 rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which covers the websites and mobile apps of state and local governments. An interim final rule of April 2026 moved the compliance dates to April 2027 and April 2028, depending on the size of the public entity.

In the European Union, the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) has applied since 28 June 2025 and extends accessibility requirements to a range of private-sector products and services, while the Web Accessibility Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/2102) covers public-sector websites and apps. In Canada, Accessibility Standards Canada published CAN/ASC-EN 301 549:2024 in May 2024, an identical adoption of the European standard EN 301 549:2021, which incorporates WCAG 2.1.

What the Service Covers

• Preparation of documents against the accessibility requirements that apply to your organisation, including those under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Accessible Canada Act, and the European Accessibility Act.
• Application of WCAG 2.1 Level AA throughout, including heading structure, alternative text for images, table markup, and compatibility with screen readers and other assistive technologies.
• Alignment with the accessibility policies of academic institutions and with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

Enquiries

To discuss a project, write to us at info@editing.press. We typically respond within the hour during business hours EST.