Website and Technology Accessibility Statement

Accessibility assistance

If you have difficulty using or accessing any element of this website, please feel free to call us at 301-358-5995 or email us at hello@solandmaison.com and we will work with you to provide the information, item, or transaction you seek through a communication method that is accessible for you consistent with applicable law (for example, through telephone support).

Our goal

SOL & MAISON desires to provide a positive experience to all of our clients, and we aim to promote accessibility and inclusion. Our goal is to permit our clients to successfully gather information and operate our website. Whether you are using assistive technologies like a screen reader, a magnifier, voice recognition software, or captions for videos, our goal is to make your use of our website a successful and enjoyable experience.

Actions

We are taking a variety of steps and devoting resources to further enhance the accessibility of our website.

Please contact us if you have any feedback or suggestions as to how we could improve the accessibility of this website.

Compliance status

We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and we are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.

To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

Screen-reader and keyboard navigation

Our website is built with semantic HTML and the ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) attributes technique, alongside careful design practices, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. Here is how our website covers some of the most important accessibility requirements:

• Screen-reader optimization — we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. This includes accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons such as search and navigation icons; validation guidance for form inputs; and element roles such as buttons, menus, and modal dialogues. All images on the site carry descriptive ALT (alternate text) tags so their content is conveyed to visitors who cannot see them.
• Keyboard navigation — the website is fully operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate menus and dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, and trigger buttons and links using the Enter key. A skip-to-content link is provided as the first element of every page so keyboard and screen-reader users can move directly to the main content.
• Color and contrast — text is presented with sufficient contrast against its background, and no information is conveyed by color alone, in keeping with WCAG 2.1 AA guidance.

Browser and assistive technology compatibility

We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. We work to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, and Microsoft Edge, as well as JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), for both Windows and Mac users.

The website also respects your operating system’s built-in accessibility settings, including the reduced-motion preference (animations are softened or removed), text scaling, and zoom, so you can adjust the experience with the tools you already use.

Notes, comments, and feedback

Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating, and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements.

If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. For any assistance, please reach out using the contact information below.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this accessibility statement or difficulty using this site, please contact us at:

• SOL & MAISON
• Bethesda, MD
• 301-358-5995
• hello@solandmaison.com