Accessibility & Accommodations.

Website Accessibility.

AICA designs aicauthority.org to align with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. This is a design and engineering commitment, not a claim of formal compliance: AICA has not commissioned a third-party accessibility audit of this site, and we say that plainly rather than imply a certification we do not hold. We are working toward WCAG 2.1 AA across the site and treat it as the standard against which we build and review new pages.

Accessibility is not a one-time project. As we add pages, forms, and features, we build them against the same standard rather than retrofitting accessibility afterward.

What We Build Into the Site.

• Semantic HTML. Pages use headings, lists, landmarks, and native interactive elements in the order and structure they describe, so the underlying document makes sense to a screen reader or any assistive technology, not just to the eye.
• Alt text on images. Meaningful images, including certification badges and diagrams, carry descriptive alternative text. Purely decorative images are marked so assistive technology can skip them.
• Keyboard navigability. Navigation, the certification menu, forms, and buttons are built to be operable from a keyboard alone, without requiring a mouse or touch input.
• Color contrast intent. Our color choices, including body text against the paper and navy backgrounds used across the site, are chosen with contrast in mind so text stays readable for users with low vision or color vision deficiency.

We do not consider this list finished. If something on the site does not hold up to these intentions, we want to know, and the reporting route below exists for exactly that.

Reporting an Accessibility Barrier.

If you encounter a barrier anywhere on aicauthority.org, tell us. Email sophia@aicauthority.org with the page you were on and a description of the problem you ran into. AICA will investigate and respond.

Exam Accommodations.

Website accessibility and exam accommodations are two separate commitments, addressed here on one page for convenience. Candidates with disabilities or other documented conditions may request reasonable accommodations for a proctored AICA examination. Accommodations that AICA supports include, depending on the situation:

• Extended time to complete the examination
• Alternative formats for exam materials
• An accessible testing environment

An accommodation changes the conditions under which a candidate is assessed. It does not change the certification standard the candidate is assessed against; the credential means the same thing however it was earned.

Requesting an Accommodation.

Requests should be submitted in advance of exam registration by emailing sophia@aicauthority.org, with supporting documentation where appropriate to the request being made. Submitting early gives AICA time to review the request properly and put the accommodation in place before the exam is scheduled.

Every AICA examination is proctored through an Authorized Training Partner (ATP). Because of that, an approved accommodation is coordinated between AICA and the ATP delivering your exam, so the accommodation is actually in place on exam day rather than agreed to on paper only.

Status and Revision.

This is version 1.0 of the AICA Accessibility & Accommodations statement, effective 11 July 2026, and reviewed annually. Where this statement is revised, the version and effective date on this page are updated.