Be My Eyes Foundation Accessibility Policy

Be My Eyes Foundation

Effective Date: July 1, 2026  ·  Website: www.bemyeyesfoundation.org

The Be My Eyes Foundation (the “Foundation”) exists to advance accessibility, independence, and full participation in society for people who are blind or have low vision. We bring that same commitment to our digital experiences, including our public websites and online resources.

Our commitment

We are committed to providing a website experience that is accessible and usable for as many people as possible, including people who use assistive technologies such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, speech recognition software, alternative input devices, and keyboard-only navigation.

Scope

This policy applies to the Foundation’s public-facing web properties, including www.bemyeyesfoundation.org and all subdomains and subpages. It does not apply to third-party platforms that may be linked from the Foundation’s website.

Accessibility standards we aim to meet

We aim for our websites to conform with WCAG 2.2 Level AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), which is the W3C’s internationally recognized standard for web accessibility.

What we’re doing to support accessibility

We work to build and maintain accessibility as part of our normal design, content, and engineering processes. Our efforts include:

• Supporting keyboard navigation and logical focus order
• Using semantic structure (headings, labels, landmarks) to improve screen reader navigation
• Providing text alternatives for meaningful images and icons where appropriate
• Maintaining readable contrast and offering display preferences when available (for example, theme and contrast options on site pages)
• Testing with a combination of:

• automated accessibility checks
• manual review (including keyboard-only use)
• assistive technology testing where feasible

Known limitations

Even with best efforts, accessibility issues can occur—especially on pages that:

• include embedded or third-party tools
• rely on user-generated or partner-provided content
• link out to third-party services and sites

When we discover issues, we prioritize fixes based on impact and frequency.

Feedback and assistance

If you have trouble accessing any part of our websites, or want to report an accessibility issue, we want to hear from you. The fastest ways to reach us are:

• Our Contact Us page
• By emailing [email protected]

When you contact us, it helps if you include:

• the page URL
• what you were trying to do
• the assistive technology and browser/device you’re using
• a description of what went wrong (and screenshots if you can share them)

We will review accessibility feedback and respond as soon as reasonably possible.

Privacy when you contact us

If you share personal information with us when reporting an accessibility issue, we’ll handle it in line with our Privacy Policy.

Employee accommodations

This policy is intended for public website accessibility. Accessibility requests relating to employees, applicants, or other personnel are handled through internal HR and workplace accommodation processes and are covered by separate, internal personnel practices detailed in our Personnel Handbook.

Updates to this policy

We may update this Accessibility Policy from time to time as our websites evolve and standards change. We will post updates on this page.