Accessibility Statement

Smethurst Ministries Inc.  see great importance in providing equal services to any person, without exceptions, including to friends, donors and others visiting our web site with disabilities.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Smethurst Ministries Inc website is largely conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. There are some parts, at the present time, of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

We invested significant efforts and resources in our website to make it more accessible, so as to allow as many people as possible to use it with ease and convenience and render it more available for people with disabilities. The website is made accessible by using the “WP Accessibility” software which enables us to provide more accessible contents to the visitors on our website, wherever possible.

Many pages on our website comply with the criteria set for AA accessibility level. It is a continuing task to render all the pages on our website accessible; it might be found that some website areas or functionalities have not yet been made accessible. The website accessibility is compatible with the following web browsers:

Internet Explorer/Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Generally speaking, the site may not be compatible with browsers older than 3 major versions” or “Mobile operating systems older than 5 years.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of our website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer: HTML;              WAI-ARIA;    CSS;     JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

How does accessibility function on our website?

The website includes an accessibility menu on the left of the screen. You can access the accessibility buttons by clicking on the menu or by using your mouse button or by navigating with the Tab key. The menu can be closed by clicking the “Close” button or the “Esc” key on your keyboard or by clicking it with your mouse.

How can you browse the website?

The Tab key is used for forward navigation on the website. The TAB + SHIFT key combination is used for backwards navigation on the website.

Our website supports a number screen-readers for Windows and for MAC OS X operating systems.

Changing the color contrast: you have the option to change the background.

Changing font sizes and font types: the font size may be increased or decreased

Navigation to content areas: you can skip to the content areas on our website. The website is divided into main content areas. You can skip from the top of the page directly to a main content area. Please press the Enter key to enter a content area. The option to skip back to the top of the page will be displayed at the bottom of each page, above the footer.

Compatibility with assistive technologies. For example: support for error read-out loud features by screen readers.

Support for assistive technologies: wide support for assistive technologies by using the Rules of ARIA.

An “Abort Accessibility” button and return to standard display mode.

Accessibility arrangements

Our ministry does not offer public reception services contact can be made through the “Accessibility Feedback Form” provided specially relating to the web site accessibility through the link below:

Go To the Accessibility Feedback Form

Please note that this form is dedicated to feedback relating to accessibility of the web site and other matters will not be answered.

If you encountered any problem or error related to accessibility, we will appreciate your input about any such issue and we will endeavor to find the appropriate solution and take care of any such error as soon as possible.

We attempt to keep and maintain the website at the best possible condition. If you encountered any accessibility issues on our website, please contact our accessibility coordinator via the “Accessibility Feedback Form” to allow us to solve the problem in the best possible manner and you will be asked:

  • to describe the problem or the error
  • what action were you attempting to carry out
  • the URL of the page concerned
  • what type and version of web browser were you using
  • name of assistive technology that you used and the extent such was used.
  • operating system details – name and version number

If you prefer you may mail us with the detail as requested above at:

Accessibility, Smethurst Ministries Inc.,
1890 N Courtenay Pkwy,
Merrit Island, FL 32953