About SAR, Inc.
Our Purpose and Our Mission
Our purpose is to conduct scientific research and development of, and obtain industry consensus on, the adoption of standards for reporting product and service test results relating to the accessibility requirements of people with disabilities.
The mission of the corporation is to reform the way industry accessibility test results are generated and reported, and foster the adoption of new standards by vendors and product review providers.
To achieve the mission, our goal is to create:
(a) industry consensus standards for reporting the results of accessibility tests that laypersons can easily comprehend.
(b) industry consensus standard methods for validating that given test processes can reliably generate the standardized test reports in (a).
educational and outreach resources to promote the understanding and adoption of (a) and (b).
How (and Why) We Create Reporting Standards
We are building a membership of industry professionals to develop and vote (gain consensus) on standards relating to the reporting of:
- Website accessibility (sites people use use every day)
- Consumer technology products (everyday gadgets and goods you can find at your local ‘big box’ retailer, from mobile phones to refrigerators)
These standards are our starting point. Further standards are planned for other apects of digital accessibility and beyond.
The standards are currently being developed by our members.
About How we develop standards (Read More…).
Our Members
Our members make this mission possible.
- Public Memberships are available to support the work we do through regular donations.
- Professional Memberships are open to anyone or any organization actively working on accessibility and technology issues. Professional members get you a say in how our standards are developed, and a vote on the adoption of those standards.
Leadership and Management
Our leadership and management consists of:
- Thwe Board of Directors
- The Executive Director
- The Standards Development Manager
- The Education and Outreach Content Manager
- The Education and Outreach Social Media Manager
Find details on the current leadership and management on our People page.
Our Public Documents
We make public the following types of documents:
- Our Member Handbook
- Business documents, such as “Articles of Incorporation” and “Bylaws”
- Policy documents, such as the “Member rates, policies, terms and conditions”
- Our freely available Standards, when they become available
Our Public Documents (Read More…).
Nonprofit status
We welcome donations from the public in support of our mission. Our mission is to directly change the way accessibility results are reported, which will indirectly provide benefits to the public.
The organization has been registered to meet the requirements as a nonprofit in the State of Virginia. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization registered with the IRS.
Please consider donating to support our mission.
Registered Agent
The Registered Agent for Standard Accessibility Reporting, Inc. is:
Accessibility Track Consulting, LLC
4520 39th St North
Arlington, Virginia
22207
USA
chrismlaw@accessibilitytrack.com | +1 443 955 0955