ADRCFinder is designed to be useful to older adults, people with disabilities, family caregivers, and professionals using a wide variety of devices and assistive technologies.
Our approach
We aim for readable type, strong contrast, clear page headings, keyboard-friendly navigation, visible focus styles, and responsive layouts. We avoid making a reader understand a map or color alone in order to find a contact. Key directory information should be available in text. Search filters use visible labels and standard form controls.
Using the website
Visitors should be able to access primary navigation, state selections, important links, and the contact form using a keyboard. The content layout adapts to narrow screens, and wide tables can scroll horizontally without hiding entries. We respect reduced-motion preferences for nonessential animation. Links describing official agencies should identify their destination in plain language.
Accessibility is ongoing
We use accessibility-minded patterns but do not claim that every screen, document, or linked website is perfect. Third-party websites are outside our control. Imported article markup, new plugins, advertisements, and future directory tools need separate checks so new features do not introduce barriers.
Need a different way to get information?
If a page or control is difficult to use, tell us the page address, what you were trying to do, and the type of obstacle. You do not need to disclose a diagnosis. We will review the issue and seek an accessible alternative where feasible. Use our contact form and choose the subject “Accessibility issue.”
Official contacts and communication assistance
Local ADRCs and partner agencies may offer relay calls, interpretation, accessible formats, or other communication arrangements. Availability and intake procedures vary. Ask the agency directly what accessible contact methods it supports. ADRCFinder does not provide those official services itself.
Feedback and priority
Problems that block the ability to reach a public service contact are particularly important. We welcome reports of unreadable telephone links, inaccessible menus, keyboard traps, missing labels, or content that cannot be understood without an image.