Accessibility by Design at The Bowen Group

At The Bowen Group, accessibility isn’t just a checkbox — it’s a core commitment. With more than 85 years of combined experience, including 12 years of leadership by our director of creative services, our team brings deep expertise and precision to every project, making universal access a foundational part of our process.

Our approach to collateral accessibility begins at the very first stages of design. From initial brainstorming to final delivery, we ensure every piece of content meets or exceeds Section 508 standards. This means:

• Ensuring accessibility of deliverables through proper use of headings, logical reading order, and clear navigation that supports screen readers and keyboard navigation.
• Optimizing visual accessibility by maintaining strong color contrast, providing descriptive alt text for images, and using scalable fonts and accessible designs.
• Ensuring interactive accessibility, making forms, buttons, videos and audio content fully accessible with keyboard navigation, captions and transcripts.

Expert oversight, not just automation

Automated tools alone can’t capture the full picture. That’s why our experienced accessibility specialists manually check documents and digital content, collaborating closely with designers to address any challenges and ensure that each product is fully compliant and user-friendly.

Our web accessibility specialists — most of whom are certified Trusted Testers — collaborate with web developers to create, test and maintain fully accessible websites. We currently monitor 10 client websites for compliance, achieving an average compliance rate of 97.4%.

Our team takes pride in meeting the highest accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.0 AA and AAA guidelines, which are widely recognized as the gold standard in digital accessibility.

A reputation for excellence

Our clients repeatedly return to us — and even ask us to audit the work of other contractors — because of our commitment to quality and consistent, thorough and thoughtful execution.

At The Bowen Group, we also set ourselves apart by achieving advanced certifications across quality and cybersecurity within the unique structure of the GTSC family of companies.

Our recent achievements include:

• CMMI Maturity Level 3 for Services, Development, and Supplier Management
• ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 and ISO 9001:2015 Certification
• Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2

We take pride in upholding the highest standards, ensuring that every deliverable reflects our organization’s commitment to accessibility and excellence.