Accessibility Statement Generator

An accessibility statement is a public page explaining how accessible your website or app is and what you are doing about the parts that are not. A useful one names the standard you are measuring against (normally WCAG 2.2 at Level AA), states how far you currently conform, lists the known problems, explains how someone can report a barrier and what response they can expect, and records when it was last reviewed. It is a commitment and a contact route, not a compliance badge.

It depends entirely on where you operate and what kind of organisation you are, so treat this as orientation rather than legal advice. WCAG itself does not require you to publish a statement; conformance claims are optional under the standard. In the EU, the Web Accessibility Directive (2016/2102) does require public sector bodies to publish an accessibility statement, and Commission Implementing Decision 2018/1523 sets out a model for it. The European Accessibility Act extends accessibility obligations to many private sector products and services. In the United States, neither the ADA nor Section 508 requires a public statement in the way the EU directive does, though a statement is common good practice and is often requested during procurement. Check your own jurisdiction and sector.

At minimum: the scope (which sites, apps, or documents it covers), the standard and level you are measuring against, your conformance status, the known limitations written plainly with what a user should do instead, a feedback mechanism with a real contact route and a response time, how the assessment was carried out (self-assessment or third-party audit), and the date it was last reviewed. If your jurisdiction requires an enforcement or escalation route, include that too. The generator on this page collects each of these in turn.

The EU model statement uses three levels of claim and they are a good vocabulary to borrow even outside the EU. "Fully conformant" means the content meets the standard completely, with no exceptions. "Partially conformant" means most of the content conforms but some parts do not. "Not conformant" means the content largely does not meet the standard. Most real sites are partially conformant, and saying so is the honest and defensible position. Only claim full conformance if you have actually tested every page and pattern against every applicable criterion, because a false claim is worse than an honest partial one.

No. Automated tools reliably catch only a portion of WCAG failures, typically around a third, and they cannot judge things like whether alt text is meaningful, whether focus order preserves meaning, or whether an error message actually helps. A clean automated report tells you that you have no detectable violations of the rules the tool checks, not that you conform. If your statement rests only on a scan, say so in the assessment section: describe it as a self-assessment using automated testing, and avoid a full conformance claim. Pair the scan with manual keyboard and screen reader testing before making stronger claims.

Review it whenever the site changes materially and on a fixed schedule otherwise, with annually being a common minimum and every six months being better for actively developed products. The review date is part of the statement's credibility: a statement dated three years ago tells a reader that nobody is watching, even if the content happens to still be accurate. If a known limitation gets fixed, remove it and update the date rather than leaving a stale list.

You can export a draft as HTML that is ready to paste into a page, Markdown for a docs site or repository, plain text, or PDF. Whichever you choose, review the wording for accuracy before publishing, because the generator can only structure what you tell it. Then test the published page itself for accessibility: an accessibility statement that fails the standard it describes is a poor first impression, and it is the one page guaranteed to be read by people who will notice.

Yes, the accessibility statement generator is completely free, with no account or payment required. Nothing you enter is needed for it to work beyond producing your draft.