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:

1. Website accessibility (sites people use use every day)
2. 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 developed by contractors, along with member consultation, oversight and direction.

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.
  • List of Current Members

Leadership and Management

The Board of Directors

The Board of directors serves the membership.

• The Board runs the Corporation on behalf of the members.
• After the inaugural year (in which five founding members were appointed), six directors were elected by the membership to serve three year terms beginning July 1, 2023.
• The Board will eventually comprise eleven members, with approximately one third of the members being elected each year.
• The Board is represented by at least fifty percent people with disabilities.
• Board members may serve up to two consecutive three year terms.

List of current members of the Board of Directors

The Executive Director

In order to manage the day-to-day business of the Corporation, the Board engages an Executive Director who serves under a management contract. The Executive Director is a non-voting, ex officio member of the Board of Directors.

The current Executive Director

Our Public Documents

We make public the following types of documents:

• Our long-form “Introduction to the concepts” and “Invitaiton to Participate” document
• 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