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Accessibility Statement

RINK RATER Accessibility Statement Rater Nation LLC Effective Date: 11.26 Contact: accessibility@rinkrater.com

1. Our Commitment

Rink Rater is built for every hockey family, including family members who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, screen magnification, voice control, captions, or other assistive technology. We want everyone to be able to look up a rink, read reviews, and share what they know.

2. The Standard We Follow

We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), as our design and development standard for rinkrater.com. Accessibility is part of how we review every new feature before it ships.

3. What We Have Done

  • Pages can be zoomed and resized up to 200% and beyond without loss of content.
  • Text colors are checked against WCAG contrast ratios.
  • A "Skip to main content" link is the first item on every page for keyboard users.
  • Pop-up windows can be closed with the Escape key and keep keyboard focus inside them while open.
  • Buttons and links are sized for touch, and every image that carries meaning has a text description.
  • The site honors the reduced-motion setting on your device.
  • We test with automated tools and with keyboard-only navigation.

4. Known Limitations

Rink Rater is a work in progress, and some areas may not yet fully meet our standard. These include:

  • Some older icons and graphics that are still being replaced.
  • The interactive rink diagram in the Game Stats Tracker, which relies on tapping a picture of the ice. We are working on a keyboard and screen reader alternative.
  • Content posted by users, such as reviews and profile photos, and pages on other websites we link to, which we do not control.

5. Tell Us About a Barrier

If anything on Rink Rater is hard to use or doesn't work with your assistive technology, please let us know. Tell us the page address, what you were trying to do, and the device, browser, or assistive technology you were using.

We aim to reply within 5 business days. If something blocks you from getting rink information, we will get that information to you in another way while we work on a fix.

6. Ongoing Review

We review this statement and the site's accessibility at least once a year and whenever we make major changes to the site.