Accessibility Statement

Our commitment to making growwildagency.com usable for everyone.

Last updated: February 25, 2026

WCAG 2.1 Level AA — Partial Conformance

Our Commitment

Grow Wild Agency is committed to ensuring that our website is accessible to all visitors, including people with disabilities. We actively work to meet or exceed the requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, which is the standard referenced by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and Canada's Accessible Canada Act.

We believe that the web should be usable by everyone, regardless of ability, technology, or circumstance. Accessibility is not a one-time project — it is an ongoing practice that we integrate into our design, development, and content processes.

Conformance Status

We have conducted a comprehensive accessibility audit of growwildagency.com against the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standard. Our current conformance status is partial conformance.

What This Means

  • Handwritten pages (case studies, select blog posts, guide pages, landing pages, and service pages) have been fully audited and remediated to meet WCAG 2.1 AA.
  • Compiled pages (generated by our site framework) have been audited and partially remediated. Some issues on these pages require changes to the build system and are documented below as known limitations.

Measures We Have Taken

  • Added skip-to-content links on every page
  • Ensured all images include meaningful alternative text
  • Implemented proper heading hierarchy (H1 → H2 → H3) on all handwritten pages
  • Added aria-hidden="true" to all decorative SVG icons
  • Provided visible focus indicators for all interactive elements
  • Used semantic HTML landmarks (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <footer>) on every page
  • Added accessible labels to all form inputs
  • Implemented ARIA attributes on expandable components (menus, accordions)
  • Converted fixed pixel font sizes to relative units (rem) for text resizing
  • Ensured sufficient color contrast for text and interactive elements
  • Set lang="en-CA" on every page for screen reader language detection
  • Published this accessibility statement

Known Limitations

While we strive for full conformance, the following limitations exist due to the architecture of our site framework. These issues are scheduled for remediation in a future build system update.

Compiled Page Limitations

Approximately 100 pages on our site are generated by a React/Next.js build process. These pages have the following known issues:

  • Decorative SVGs without aria-hidden — Some SVG icons in the header, footer, and content sections of compiled pages may not be hidden from screen readers. (WCAG 1.1.1)
  • Newsletter form input labels — The email subscription input in the footer of compiled pages uses a placeholder as its only label, rather than a proper aria-label or <label> element. (WCAG 1.3.1)
  • Heading hierarchy skips — Some compiled blog and resource pages skip from H1 to H3 without an intermediate H2. (WCAG 1.3.1)
  • Duplicate H1 elements — 26 resource/knowledge-base pages contain two H1 headings. (WCAG 1.3.1)
  • Duplicate element IDs — Some compiled pages contain duplicate id attributes, which can cause issues for assistive technology. (WCAG 4.1.1)
  • Mobile menu state — The mobile navigation toggle on compiled pages does not communicate its expanded/collapsed state via aria-expanded. (WCAG 4.1.2)

These issues will be resolved in the next full site rebuild, which is planned for Q2 2026.

Third-Party Content

  • Google Tag Manager — Analytics scripts loaded via GTM are outside of our direct control. We defer their loading to minimize impact on page performance and accessibility.
  • Embedded fonts — We use Google Fonts (Inter) and Geist fonts which are loaded asynchronously. If fonts fail to load, the site falls back to system fonts.

Compatibility

Our site is designed to be compatible with:

  • Modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge — current and previous major versions)
  • Screen readers (VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS)
  • Keyboard-only navigation
  • Browser zoom up to 200%
  • Text-only browsers and content extractors

Feedback & Contact

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of growwildagency.com. If you encounter any barriers or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us:

Report an Accessibility Issue

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 2 business days and resolve reported issues within 10 business days where technically feasible.

Assessment & Methodology

This accessibility statement was prepared based on the following assessment methods:

  • Automated testing: Static code analysis of all 177 HTML pages against WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria, checking for missing alt text, heading hierarchy, form labels, ARIA attributes, landmark regions, duplicate IDs, color contrast, and more.
  • Manual review: Template-by-template inspection of keyboard navigation, focus management, screen reader compatibility, and semantic HTML structure.
  • Remediation: All fixable issues on handwritten pages were remediated. Compiled page issues were documented for the next build cycle.

Standards Referenced

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