Accessibility Statement for Gender Health Center
This is an accessibility statement from Gender Health Center.
Measures to support accessibility
Gender Health Center takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of genderhealthcenter.org:
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Include accessibility as part of our mission.
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Integrate accessibility into our procurement and content creation practices.
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Provide continual accessibility training for our staff and contractors.
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Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods (such as manual and automated testing).
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.
Gender Health Center is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA.
Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not yet fully conform to the accessibility standard. We are actively working to identify and resolve any remaining barriers to ensure an inclusive experience for all visitors.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Gender Health Center. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on our site:
We try to respond to feedback within 2-3 business days.
Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology
Gender Health Center is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:
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Modern web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
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Screen readers such as NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver.
Gender Health Center may not be compatible with:
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Browsers older than 3 major versions.
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Mobile operating systems older than 5 years.
Technical specifications
Accessibility of Gender Health Center relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
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HTML
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WAI-ARIA
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CSS
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JavaScript
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.
Limitations and alternatives
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Gender Health Center, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below:
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Third-party Maps and Widgets: Our site may use third-party maps (like Google Maps) and widgets which may not be fully accessible to screen reader users.
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Legacy PDF Documents: Some PDF documents may not be fully optimized for screen readers.
Assessment approach
Gender Health Center assessed the accessibility of genderhealthcenter.org by the following approaches:
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Self-evaluation: The content was evaluated by our internal team and web management partner.
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External evaluation: The content has been scanned and evaluated by Wix and their internal Accessibility compliant tools.
