Is Confluence Site ADA Compliant?

Question

Hi,

We are building out Confluence Site for our organization and we are analyzing which features are accessible within Confluence.

Could you please confirm whether Confluence Cloud site is ADA(Americans with Disabilities Act) Compliant.

It would be really helpful if you could share if any documentation is available for ADA or any Confluence Accessibility for people with disabilities.

Thank you.

Kristian Klima_gtcuat · Answer

@kwani

In one of my previous jobs, we were using Confluence to deliver documentation for mainframe products that were used (still are) by many federal and state-level US agencies and authorities - where compliance was paramount. We even had a customized tool to score our content for compliance level. So there's certainly a way.

However, to expand on @Brant Schroeder 's advice, the said specs would apply to stock Confluence features.

As you may customize your site, with third party macros and UI elements, you'd have to factor in those in you compliance equations.

Brant Schroeder · Answer

@kwani  welcome to the Atlassian community

You can learn more about Atlassian accessibility here: https://www.atlassian.com/accessibility  On this page they have the accessibility standards that they meet for each product.  Since ADA is constructed of different standards you will need to find the specific product and download and review the VPAT which goes over the standards that they meet.