Mission College is committed to providing web services that are accessible and usable by all regardless of technology or access method. We actively work to increase the accessibility and usability of our websites by striving towards the seven principles of universal design, including: equitable use, flexibility, simple yet intuitive, perceptible information, tolerance for errors, low physical effort for task completion, and appropriate design for approach in use.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level Double-A standards influence Mission College web design. Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is no longer the single relevant accessibility guideline for web content. All web content conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level Double-A standards.
This site has been built using code that is compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS, which allows future technologies, including assistive technologies, to properly interact with and display web content.
Mission College aspires to meet WCAG 2.0 Level Double-A and meet or exceed Section 508 standards of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. To meet these standards, the following best practices are followed:
Mission College is committed to ensuring that instructional materials, technology, digital resources, and campus services are accessible to all students, employees, and users. As part of the college's accessibility review process, Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs) are evaluated to assess a product's conformance with accessibility standards. When a product or resource does not fully meet accessibility requirements, the college utilizes an Equally Effective Alternate Access Plan (EEAAP) to identify and provide alternative methods of access while accessibility barriers are addressed.
As required by the California’s Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA) and the Federal American with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you are injured and have been released to return to work with restrictions or have a medical need for an accommodation, please notify your supervisor and HR Specialist Quyen Lenshoek (ext. 2128) immediately to begin the interactive process.
For more information, visit the Accommodations and Interactive Process webpage.
Questions? Contact [email protected]
Students who need accommodations or have questions about accessing course content, instructional materials, technology, campus facilities, programs, services, or educational activities should contact Mission College's Disability Support Programs and Services (DSPS).
Contact Information:
Phone: (408) 855-5085
E-mail: [email protected]
Students, employees, visitors, and community members may report a disability access concern. This includes but is not limited to concerns related to digital accessibility, physical accessibility, instructional materials, educational programs, services, facilities, or other barriers to access.
If you are having difficulty accessing a web page, please let us know so that we may evaluate the page for accessibility. You may contact us by email [email protected] or (408) 855-5127.
In your email, include the following information:
The West Valley-Mission Community College District is committed to providing equitable access to all members of the District community and to supporting the open access policy of the California Community College system by providing barrier-free access to all students, including access to electronic and information technology in accordance with State and Federal mandates (Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1998, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended in 2008 and California Senate Bill 105).
The District is committed to expanding the boundaries of access beyond the physical
setting for students with disabilities, recognizing that students are entitled to
equitable access to electronic information and technology.
WVMCCD Administrative Policy 5140 (PDF)