Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment

Move Academia believes movement and training should be available to everyone — including the more than 1 in 4 American adults living with a disability. That belief extends to our website. We work to make moveacademiali.com perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for all visitors, whether they use a screen reader, navigate by keyboard, prefer reduced motion, or rely on assistive technology of any kind.

Standard We Aim For

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG 2.1 AA is the standard referenced by the U.S. Department of Justice for ADA Title III compliance.

We don't claim perfect conformance. Like most working websites, we have known gaps and we work on them in a documented order of priority. We treat accessibility the same way we treat training: it's a practice, not a one-time fix.

What We've Done

Recent accessibility improvements include:

• Global keyboard focus indicators on every page (WCAG 2.4.7)
• Honoring the user's reduced motion preference on every page (WCAG 2.3.3)
• Bumping body-text contrast to meet the 4.5:1 minimum site-wide (WCAG 1.4.3)
• Programmatic labels and autocomplete attributes on form inputs (WCAG 1.3.5, 3.3.2)
• Skip-to-main-content links on every page (WCAG 2.4.1)
• Screen-reader announcements for login error messages (WCAG 4.1.3)
• Keyboard-accessible accordions and gallery lightboxes (WCAG 2.1.1)
• Descriptive aria-label values on icon-only buttons (WCAG 4.1.2)
• Visually hidden headings preserved behind decorative banner images for screen reader access (WCAG 1.3.1)
• Semantic HTML landmarks (<nav>, <main>, <footer>) so users of assistive tech can jump to sections

Known Issues We're Working On

We're transparent about what isn't perfect yet. Active items:

• Some decorative banner images contain text. Equivalent text is provided in hidden HTML headings for screen readers, but the banners themselves don't yet scale with the browser's text-size setting.
• Some custom modal dialogs in the member and admin portals don't yet fully implement the WAI-ARIA dialog pattern (focus trap, return-focus on close). This affects logged-in members and the gym owner only.
• Some custom tab interfaces use aria-pressed rather than the full WAI-ARIA tablist pattern. We're evaluating whether to upgrade.
• Captions are not yet provided for the decorative background videos. These videos contain no audio, no spoken information, and no critical content; they show silent training footage.

Compatibility

moveacademiali.com is designed to be compatible with assistive technologies including:

• NVDA and JAWS screen readers on Windows
• VoiceOver on macOS and iOS
• TalkBack on Android
• Keyboard-only navigation
• Browser zoom up to 200%
• Operating system "high contrast" / "dark mode" / "reduce motion" settings

If you use a different assistive technology and run into issues, please tell us — see the contact section below.

Limitations

Some content on the site is dependent on third-party services we don't control, including:

• The embedded Google Maps interface on the contact page
• Google Fonts and Cloudflare email-protection scripts

We've reached out to third parties when their components fall short of WCAG 2.1 AA, but we cannot guarantee they meet the standard on their end.

Physical Accessibility at the Studio

This statement covers our website. For information about physical accessibility at our Coram, NY location — including parking, entrance access, restroom accommodations, and equipment modifications for clients with mobility, sensory, or developmental needs — please call us at (631) 846-1509. We have over a decade of experience training clients with disabilities and adapt every session to the individual.

Formal Complaints

We hope you'll contact us directly first — we'd rather fix the problem. If you'd prefer to file a formal complaint, you can reach the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division at ada.gov.