Everyone should be able to use this site.
Abamwe is an Ontario organisation, so accessibility is a legal duty under the AODA, not an afterthought. It is also plain sense.
Everyone should be able to use this site.
Abamwe is an Ontario organisation, so accessibility is a legal duty under the AODA, not an afterthought. It is also plain sense: some of our members are older, some read in a second or third language, and some browse one-handed with a child on the other arm.
Built to WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
This site is designed and tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 at Level AA, the standard the AODA’s information and communications requirements point to. In practice that means:
- Text and background colours meet AA contrast, checked while choosing colour, not after
- Visible keyboard focus on every link, button and field
- A real heading structure, one h1 per page, in order
- Text can be resized to 200% without breaking the layout
- Touch targets are at least 44 pixels
- Colour is never the only way meaning is carried; dates, statuses and errors always have text
- Every image that carries meaning has alternative text, written by whoever chose the image
- Forms have labelled fields, and errors are shown in words, not just colour
Tell us, and ask for another format.
If you meet a barrier on this site, or you need any information here in another format, contact us and we will provide it and fix the problem.
- Accessibility feedbackhello@abamwe.com
- Phone+1 (647) 555‑0142
Ontario Native Women’s Association, Working Women Community Centre and ACCES all publish a feedback route like this. It is what turns a compliance line into a real commitment.
What this statement covers.
This statement applies to abamwe.com. It was last reviewed on 1 August 2026. Where third-party content or documents fall short of AA, we will say so here and provide an accessible alternative on request. We meet the AODA information-and-communications standard that applies to an organisation of Abamwe’s size.