{"id":21,"date":"2016-04-05T18:40:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T18:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accessibility.ua.edu\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:11:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/accessibility.ua.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--8);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--8)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"ua_component_wrapper  alignwide\"><div class=\"ua_layout--grid\" style=row-gap:var(--ua_space--4);--grid-column-count:1><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our Commitment to Accessibility at UA<\/h2><p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The University of Alabama encourages individuals with disabilities to participate in our many programs and activities, and is committed to ensuring that our facilities and information, services, courses, and technology that we provide are inclusive and accessible in accordance with applicable law.<\/p><div class=\"ua_component_wrapper  alignwide\"><div class=\"ua_layout--grid\" style=--grid-column-count:3><div><div class=\"ua_component_wrapper is-style-subtle\"><article class=\"ua_card\"><div class=\"ua_card_content-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"ua_card_title\">General Resources<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.ua.edu\/accessibilityresources\/accessibility-awareness\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3677\">Why is accessibility important?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.ua.edu\/roles-responsibilities\/\" 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