Web Accessibility Statement.

Last updated: 4 August 2026

Our commitment.

Romans Orthodontics wants this website to work for everyone who needs it, including people who use a screen reader, navigate with a keyboard, rely on captions, need larger text, or find it hard to use a mouse or a touchscreen accurately. Getting to an orthodontist should not start with a website fighting you.

If any part of this site is a barrier, call the office at (623) 320-1222. Someone will do the same thing with you over the phone, including booking your consult. You do not have to explain why, and nothing takes longer because you asked.

The standard we build to.

This site is built to aim at the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.1, level AA. That is the level widely treated as the practical benchmark for public websites, and it is the target this site is measured against as it grows.

Aiming at a standard is not the same as certifying against it. This statement describes what the practice is working toward and, further down, what is not there yet.

What has been built in.

• One main heading per page, with sections in a logical heading order
• A skip link to the main content as the first thing a keyboard reaches
• Menus, dropdowns and the mobile drawer operable by keyboard, and closable with the Escape key
• A visible focus outline that is never removed, so you can always see where you are
• Text and background colors chosen for contrast, with the lighter brand color kept off small text
• Buttons and tap targets sized for a finger rather than a stylus
• Real labels on every form field, and no field that relies on placeholder text alone
• Text that reflows down to a narrow phone screen without sideways scrolling, and stays readable when you zoom
• Descriptive alternative text on photographs, saying what is actually happening in them
• No carousels, no automatic movement, no flashing, and nothing that starts playing on its own

Known limitations, honestly.

This is a new site and this list is real rather than reassuring. If you hit one of these, the phone route below always works.

• The embedded map. The map on the contact and location sections is a third-party Google component. Its behavior with a screen reader and with keyboard-only navigation is not something the practice controls. The full address is written out in text beside it, and directions are also available as a plain link, so you never need the map itself.
• The online scheduler. Booking through the third-party scheduler linked from the consult page is outside the practice's control. Calling or texting the office reaches the same appointment book.
• Photography and alternative text. The photographs on this site are supplied by the practice and more are being added. Alternative text is written and reviewed as each photo goes on, so newly added images may be waiting on that review.
• Documents. Any PDF the practice publishes, now or later, may not yet be fully tagged for a screen reader. Ask the office and it will be read to you or provided in another format.
• Testing. The site has been checked by hand rather than audited by an independent accessibility specialist. [CONFIRM: whether the practice wants a formal third-party accessibility audit before or after launch, and whether the result gets published here.]

Tell us if something does not work.

Reports from real people are the fastest way this gets fixed, so please do send them. It helps to say which page you were on, what you were trying to do, and what device or assistive technology you were using, but a rough description is plenty.

• Phone or text: (623) 320-1222
• Email: hello@romansorthodontics.com
• In person: 3618 W. Anthem Way, Suite D-120, Anthem, AZ 85086

The practice will acknowledge your report, tell you what it can do, and give you the information another way in the meantime. [CONFIRM: the response time the practice will commit to in writing for accessibility reports, for example a set number of business days, and who owns them. Nothing is stated here until the practice sets it.]

Getting what you need another way.

Anything on this site can be handled by a person instead.

• Call or text (623) 320-1222. The same number takes both.
• If you are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind or have a speech disability, dial 711 to reach Telecommunications Relay Service, then give the operator (623) 320-1222. Relay calls are welcome and the office is happy to take them.
• Email hello@romansorthodontics.com and ask for a call back. Please leave health details out of email.
• Come in. The suite is on the ground level with no stairs or elevators, and there is reserved patient parking right outside the door.

Your consult can also happen in English or in Polish.

Keeping this up to date.

Accessibility is not a job that finishes. As pages are added and content changes, the practice reviews this statement and the list of limitations above, and updates the date at the top. If something here is out of date, that itself is worth telling us about.