5 Categories / 100 Points

CIF Score

Does Your Site Actually Work for People with Disabilities?

One composite score. Five categories. Bronze-to-Platinum certification. The difference between WCAG compliance and real-world accessibility.

WCAG Compliance Is Not Enough

You can pass every automated WCAG check and still have a site that is inaccessible when it demands motor precision, sustained attention, or sensory impairments. WCAG checks markup. CIF checks whether your interface actually works.

The Compliance Trap

Your Lighthouse accessibility score is 98. Your axe scan returns zero violations. You ship with confidence. Then a user with Parkinson's cannot hit your 36px buttons on mobile. A user with ADHD abandons your 14-decision checkout flow at step 6.

WCAG rules check whether elements exist. CIF measures whether humans with real disabilities can actually use them.

What CIF Measures

CIF scores your site across five disability-relevant categories, each tested with real behavioral simulation. The composite score tells you at a glance how fit your interface is for disabled users. The category breakdown tells you exactly where to fix.

Each category maps to real disability types: motor impairments, visual impairments, cognitive disabilities, sensory disabilities, and navigation accessibility.

Five Categories of Interface Fitness

Each category scores 0 to 100. The composite CIF score is the weighted average. Low scores in any single category mean real users are being excluded.

Motor

Touch targets, click precision, drag-and-drop alternatives, keyboard operability, and gesture requirements.

A 32px button passes desktop tests. Motor-impaired users miss it 67% of the time on mobile.

Visual

Contrast ratios, text sizing, color-only cues, animation safety, and focus indicators.

Your contrast ratio is 4.6:1. Users with cataracts still cannot read the secondary text.

Cognitive

Reading level, decision density, information hierarchy, memory load, and error recovery.

Your checkout has 14 decisions per page. ADHD users abandon at decision 6.

Sensory

Audio alternatives, haptic feedback, captions, screen reader compatibility, and multi-modal cues.

Your onboarding video has no captions. 15% of users get zero information from it.

Navigation

Tab order, skip links, landmark regions, breadcrumbs, and consistent navigation patterns.

Screen reader users hit 47 tab stops before reaching the main content.

Certification Levels

CIF scores map to certification levels. Each level represents a measurable standard of disability accommodation.

50+

Bronze

Basic disability awareness. Most critical barriers addressed.

70+

Silver

Good disability support. Works for most users most of the time.

85+

Gold

Strong disability support. Proactive accommodation across categories.

95+

Platinum

Exceptional. Your site is a model of inclusive design.

CIF vs WCAG

CIF does not replace WCAG. It extends it. WCAG checks whether your markup follows rules. CIF checks whether your interface serves real users with real disabilities.

Feature	WCAG	CIF
Checks markup rules
Tests real user behavior
Mobile device simulation
Scores motor accessibility
Measures cognitive load
Certification levels
Single composite score
Radar chart visualization
Actionable fix priorities
Legal compliance baseline

Run a CIF Score

One tool call. Five categories scored. Certification assigned. Top issues with fixes returned.

Tool Call

cif_score(
  url: "https://example.com",
  scope: "full_page",
  device: "mobile"
)

Response

{
  "compositeScore": 72,
  "grade": "B",
  "certification": "Silver",
  "motor":      { "score": 65 },
  "visual":     { "score": 82 },
  "cognitive":  { "score": 74 },
  "sensory":    { "score": 71 },
  "navigation": { "score": 68 },
  "topIssues": [
    { "issue": "Touch targets 36px on mobile",
      "fix": "Set min 44x44px on all interactive elements" }
  ]
}

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Get a CIF score across all five disability categories. See exactly where your interface fails real users.

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