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ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

KidToCollege accessibility statement.

We're committed to making the site usable for everyone, including students and parents who use screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, voice control, or magnification.

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Standard we aim for

We target WCAG 2.1 Level AA across every page. We're not certified — most US websites aren't — but we measure ourselves against the checklist and we ship fixes when we miss it.

The site is built with semantic HTML, ARIA where appropriate, keyboard navigation throughout, and a skip-to-main-content link on every page (Tab as your first keystroke to reach it).

Keyboard shortcuts

  • Tab — move forward through interactive elements
  • Shift + Tab — move backward
  • Enter or Space — activate buttons and links
  • Esc — close any open dialog (Ask Sam, sharing controls, signup gate)
  • NVDA / JAWS landmark key (D) jumps between nav, main, footer regions

Known issues we're working on

Here's what we know is broken or not yet to standard, in order of how soon we plan to ship the fix:

  • College profile stat blocks render as styleddivs rather than a table. A screen-reader can read them but can't ask "what's the SAT range" and get a table-cell answer. Planned fix: convert headline stats to a<table> with caption + th cells.
  • Scholarship search results change as you filter, but the new count isn't announced via anaria-live region — a screen-reader user has to back out and re-read. Planned fix: add an aria-live="polite" region around the results count.
  • Hero photographs use empty alt text because they're decorative — but on the college pages where the photo actually identifies the campus, alt text should describe what's shown. Planned fix: a pass on per-college hero photos to add real descriptive alt.

If you hit something else, please tell us — see the contact section below.

How to report a barrier

Email hello@kidtocollege.com with "accessibility" in the subject line. Include:

  • The page URL where the barrier is
  • Your assistive tech (NVDA + Firefox, VoiceOver + Safari, etc.)
  • What you were trying to do
  • What happened or didn't happen

We aim to respond within five business days. The site is run by a single founder (see about) — there's no ticketing system, but every accessibility email gets read and triaged personally.

Related

  • /accessibility — a guide to evaluating disability services at colleges (different from this page; that's about colleges' accessibility, this is about our site's)
  • /neurodivergent — programs structured for autistic, ADHD, dyslexic, and other neurodivergent students
  • /promise — what the site will and won't do with your information

KidToCollege is free to use and editorially independent. Data sourced from public records including IPEDS, Common Data Sets, College Board and FAFSA.gov. Always verify deadlines and requirements directly with institutions. Not a guarantee of admission or financial aid.