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Accessibility Statement

 

Discover Hudson and the Downtown Hudson Business Improvement District want everyone to be able to explore Downtown Hudson, MA, including people who use assistive technology, such as screen readers, keyboard navigation, magnification, and captions. We are committed to making DiscoverHudson.org accessible and usable for as many people as possible.

 

Our goal

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities and more user-friendly for everyone.

 

What we have done

  • Reviewed the site with an accessibility checker and corrected the issues it found

  • Added descriptive alternative text to images across our pages and blog posts, including our weekly “What’s Happening in Hudson” guides

  • Organized page and blog headings so screen reader users can follow the content in a logical order

  • Checked color contrast for text, buttons, and links, and adjusted colors where needed

  • Marked purely decorative videos so they are skipped by screen readers

  • Replaced older forms, galleries, and video players with newer, more accessible versions

 

Known limitations

We are still working on a few areas:

  • News clips on our Press + Media page do not have captions yet. Unofficial text transcripts of these clips are available on our Video Transcripts page.

  • Some event graphics contain text in the image; we are adding that information to the image descriptions and the surrounding page text

 

Feedback and assistance

If you have trouble accessing any part of this website, or need information in a different format, please let us know. We welcome your feedback and will do our best to respond within five business days.

 

Ongoing commitment

Accessibility is an ongoing effort. We review the site regularly, and new content is checked before it is published.

 

This statement was last updated on November 12, 2026.

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