{"id":538,"date":"2026-04-20T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/?page_id=538"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:31:14","slug":"accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-light-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Teaching Historical Racial Trauma is a public resource provided by Virginia Tech Publishing &amp; Press in the University Libraries for educational purposes. Virginia Tech is committed to ensuring equal access and strives to maintain a barrier-free environment.<br><br>For more information on accessibility including University policies, relevant legislation, and support resources go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.vt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virginia Tech&#8217;s Accessibility Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-light-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Report a Barrier<br><\/strong>If you are an individual with a disability who has encountered an accessibility issue, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.vt.edu\/barrier.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report an accessibility barrier here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-light-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Web Platform Accessibility<br><\/strong>Throughout our website development, we use a combination of automated testing methods, including continuous site monitoring and targeted page testing, and manual testing methods, including with keyboard navigation and screen readers. As we continue to develop this project, we are continually working towards accessibility in conformance with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the WCAG 2.1 standard<\/a>&nbsp;at the AA level, or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Virginia Tech&#8217;s Accessibility Statement<br><\/strong>Individuals with disabilities contribute to our campus&#8217;s cultural and intellectual diversity. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is committed to non-discrimination in employment and education in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008, Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, as well as Virginia&#8217;s IT Access Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessibility Teaching Historical Racial Trauma is a public resource provided by Virginia Tech Publishing &amp; Press in the University Libraries for educational purposes. Virginia Tech is committed to ensuring equal access and strives to maintain a barrier-free environment. For more information on accessibility including University policies, relevant legislation, and support resources go to\u00a0Virginia Tech&#8217;s Accessibility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-538","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachinghrt.vt.domains\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}