Accessibility Statement

PROMPT Study (promptstudy.org) publishes plain-language reference material on hereditary cancer genetics, multi-gene panel testing, and patient registries. Much of that audience reaches this content during a stressful clinical moment, and some rely on assistive technology to do so. We treat accessibility as part of accuracy: information that cannot be perceived or operated is not, in practice, available.

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG organizes requirements under four principles — content should be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. We use those principles as the working standard for new pages and for revisions to existing ones.

What we have built in

Accessibility is addressed through specific, verifiable practices rather than a general promise:

• Semantic structure. Pages use a logical heading hierarchy (a single H1 followed by nested H2/H3 sections), HTML landmarks for navigation and main content, and lists and tables marked up as such. This lets screen-reader users navigate by heading and region instead of reading every line in sequence.
• Color contrast. Body text and interactive elements are intended to meet the WCAG AA contrast ratios (4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large text and meaningful interface components), so content remains legible for readers with low vision or color-vision differences.
• Keyboard navigation. Interactive elements — links, menu controls, and form fields — are reachable and operable with a keyboard alone, in a sensible focus order, with a visible focus indicator. No core function requires a mouse or a precise gesture.
• Text alternatives. Informative images carry descriptive alternative text; decorative images are marked so assistive technology can skip them. Diagrams that explain a mechanism — for example, how a saliva sample becomes a sequence — are described in the surrounding text, not left to the image alone.
• Readable, resizable content. Text reflows and remains usable when zoomed or when browser font sizes are increased, and we avoid conveying meaning through color alone.
• Predictable behavior. Navigation and labeling are consistent across the site, and link text describes its destination rather than relying on "click here."

Known limits

We state this plainly: conformance is a direction, not a finished state. Some older pages predate our current standard and are being revised; embedded or third-party content may not fully meet WCAG AA; and automated checks cannot catch every barrier a real person encounters. We do not claim perfect compliance, and we treat any gap a reader reports as a defect to fix rather than an edge case to dismiss.

Reporting a barrier

If any part of promptstudy.org is difficult or impossible for you to use, please tell us — your report is the most reliable way we learn where the standard and the reality diverge. It helps to include the page address (URL), a short description of the problem, and the browser, operating system, and any assistive technology you were using, so we can reproduce and address it.

Email [email protected] or use the contact page. We review accessibility reports as a priority and will respond with the status of the fix.

This is an educational reference resource and is not a substitute for individualized medical or genetic-counseling advice. This statement will be updated as the site is revised and as the underlying standards evolve.