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Accessibility, language, and inclusive meetings
Making documents, meetings, forms, systems, and contact points usable by people with disabilities and people who use languages other than English, as a matter of practice rather than exception.
Purpose and materials in advance, accommodation language that does not force disclosure, several ways to participate, clear decisions and owners, accessible follow-up.
Supervisors and managers · Program and policy staff
Semantic structure, plain language, alternative formats, and a review before publication.
Communications and language access · Program and policy staff
Languages, formats, interpreter availability at first contact, vital-document review, and trusted messengers planned together.
Communications and language access · Service delivery and support planning
Inaccessible forms, unclear accessibility ownership, and translation gaps were among the most concrete barriers DSD staff named. Each one has a fix with an owner.
The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. Public. Permitted use: cite, link, follow as a frame for language and cultural access planning.
HHS Office of Minority Health
The State of Minnesota digital accessibility standard, currently Section 508 plus WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA, and the accessible document guidance that accompanies it. Public. This program keeps WCAG 2.2 Level AA as its own stronger release target.
Minnesota IT Services
