Our Accessibility Features

Accessibility is a process.

Digital accessibility matters as much as the accessibility of physical spaces. We are always learning and trying to grow our capacity to make the resources offered on REPAIR’s website as accessible as possible. We welcome insights about how we could improve our website’s accessibility.

We have already implemented these access measures:

  • To the best of our ability, we have sought to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

  • You can return to our website’s homepage from StoryMap case studies by clicking on the REPAIR logo on the upper left corner of the StoryMap template.

  • Consistent alt-text for images appearing on the website and in the featured StoryMaps.

  • Consistent reading and header order, as provided by SquareSpace and StoryMaps.

  • Captions and/or transcripts for featured videos.

  • Ongoing accessibility testing via WebAIM.

  • Sharing our process and guidelines for creating case studies with accessible design in StoryMaps

These access measures are under development:

  • Ongoing user testing focused on increasing accessibility

  • A glossary of terms specific to historic preservation, public history, and place-based history work.

  • Audio recordings of the case studies.

  • Downloadable .pdfs of the case studies, to be made available in the StoryMaps’ footers.

REPAIR’s mapping project does not currently feature information about the physical accessibility of historical sites (other than whether the site in question still stands today).

Postcard showing George Huff Gymnasium at the University of Illinois. The building is red brick with a green roof and arched windows along its side. Smaller dormer windows are embedded in the roof. A curving path leads up to the entryway.

Following World War II, George Huff Gymnasium became home to the University of Illinois’ Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services, the first university-supported disability resource center in the United States.