Django: Our new accessibility statement

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A new Django blog post/announcement has been posted!

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! We thought this would be a fitting occasion to announce our brand new Django accessibility statement 🎉

Did you know that according to the WebAIM Million survey, 94.6% of sites have easily-detectable accessibility issues? We all need to work together to build a more inclusive web (also check out our diversity statement if you haven’t already!). There are accessibility gaps in Django itself too. This statement improves transparency, and clearly states our intentions. And we hope it encourages our community and the industry at large to more widely consider accessibility.

How to use this statement

Read it, share it with your friends, or in a procurement context!

• Use it to understand where there are gaps in Django that need to be addressed on projects.
• And opportunities to contribute to Django and related projects ❤️
• Factor it into legal compliance. For example with the European Accessibility Act. Starting June 2025, accessibility becomes a legal requirement for large swaths of the private sector in the European Union.
• Share it with venues for Django events to demonstrate the importance of accessibility for their competitiveness.

How you can help

Take a moment to provide any feedback you might have about the statement on the Django Forum. Let us know if you would prefer additional reporting like an ATAG audit, or VPAT, ACR, or any other acronym. Let us know if you’d like to contribute to the accessibility of the Django community! 🫶

Get the full details here: Our new accessibility statement | Weblog | Django