Accessibility Statement

Last updated: May 5, 2026  ·  About BehavioralHealthGuide.org

Our commitment

BehavioralHealthGuide.org is committed to ensuring that our website is accessible to people with disabilities. We aim to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards across all pages.

What we've done

• Semantic HTML throughout — proper heading hierarchy, landmark regions, and list structures
• Skip-to-main-content links on all pages
• All interactive elements are keyboard navigable
• Form fields have visible labels and descriptive placeholder text
• Color contrast ratios meet or exceed WCAG AA minimums
• Provider search results include text alternatives to color coding
• Pages are tested with screen reader software (NVDA, VoiceOver)
• Crisis resources are accessible without JavaScript

Known limitations

We are actively working to improve the following:

• Some dynamic search result updates may not announce correctly to all screen readers
• Interactive tools (PHQ-9, GAD-7 screeners) are being reviewed for full keyboard accessibility
• PDF documents linked from topic pages may not be fully accessible

Get help or report an issue

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on this site, please email us at accessibility@behavioralhealthguide.org. Include the page URL and a description of the issue. We aim to respond within 5 business days.

If you need information in an alternative format, contact us and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

Feedback

We welcome feedback on how we can improve accessibility. This site is built by a small team and we take accessibility seriously as part of our mission to make behavioral health information available to everyone.