Accessibility Statement

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Waterstone Companies, LLC is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continually improve the user experience for everyone and apply relevant accessibility standards to our website.

1. Our target standard

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities and to users in general.

2. Our commitments

We work to meet WCAG 2.1 AA through the following practices:

  • Keyboard navigation. All interactive elements — navigation menus, forms, accordions, and dialogs — are operable with a keyboard alone. Focus order follows a logical reading sequence, and a visible skip-to-content link is provided.
  • Color contrast. Body text meets a minimum 7:1 contrast ratio against the page background. Heading text meets at least 4.5:1.
  • Alternative text. Every meaningful image includes a descriptive alt attribute. Decorative images are marked with an empty alt=“” so screen readers can skip them.
  • Semantic HTML. Pages use proper heading hierarchy (one <h1> per page), landmark regions (<main>, <nav>, <footer>), and ARIA attributes where native HTML semantics are insufficient.
  • Reduced motion. Animations and transitions are suppressed for users who have enabled the prefers-reduced-motion operating system preference.
  • Resizable text. The site uses relative font units so text can be resized up to 200 % in a browser without loss of content or functionality.
  • Form labels and errors. Every form field has a visible, programmatically associated label. Validation errors are announced to screen readers via ARIA live regions.

3. Known limitations

While we strive for full conformance, some areas of the site are still being improved:

  • Embedded third-party content. Our lead-capture form is hosted by GoHighLevel (LeadConnector). Accessibility within that embedded iframe is outside our direct control, though we have requested that our form provider meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
  • Video captions. Videos hosted on YouTube may not yet have complete captions. We are working with our team to add accurate captions to all published videos.
  • Photo gallery. Some project photos use auto-generated alt text; we are systematically adding hand-written descriptions.

4. Reporting an issue

We welcome feedback. If you encounter an accessibility barrier on our site or need content in a different format, please contact us:

Please describe the specific page or feature affected, the assistive technology you use (if applicable), and a brief description of the issue. We aim to respond within 3 business days.

5. Enforcement procedure

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the U.S. Department of Justice ADA Information Line at 1-800-514-0301 (voice) or 1-800-514-0383 (TTY) for additional guidance.

6. Technical specifications

This website is built with Next.js 15 (App Router), React 19, and Tailwind CSS. It is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Screen readers: NVDA + Firefox, VoiceOver + Safari (macOS / iOS)
  • Keyboard-only navigation on all major browsers
  • Browser zoom up to 400 %
  • High-contrast mode (Windows)

The site relies on HTML5, WAI-ARIA 1.2, and CSS. JavaScript is required for interactive features (navigation menus, form validation, lightbox); a no-JavaScript fallback is not currently provided.