Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
At Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, we are committed to making sure everyone can access our digital content and tools—whether they are students, faculty, staff, or visitors.
Because we are a public university, we are required to follow several important accessibility laws:
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- US Section 504 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Chapters 206 and 213 (TAC 206 and TAC 213)
These laws help ensure that digital resources—like websites, desktop software, mobile apps, and documents—are usable by people with disabilities.
To meet these requirements, TAMU-CC follows the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level A and AA. Even though it is called "web content," these guidelines also apply to many other digital tools and resources. Accessibility concepts are broken down in the WCAG Success Criteria below that affect websites and software alike. Many also affect the accessibility of hardware but are assessed in a different manner.
WCAG Standards
Note on conformance: To meet accessibility standards, everything on a website, application, or document must follow the rules — not just most of it.
- If 99 pages are accessible but 1 is not, the whole document is considered not accessible.
- If all the web pages are accessible but the documents are not, the website is still not accessible.
- If all sections of a desktop application are accessible except one section, the desktop application is not accessible.
Frequently asked questions
Additional information
- Additional W3C accessibility standards are available for authoring tools and user agents.
- Plain language explanations of WCAG