Accessibility

The International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG) wants www.isong.org to be usable by everyone, including people who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, magnification, or reduced-motion settings. This page describes the standard we work to, where the site falls short, and how to tell us about a problem.

Our standard

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. The site is partially conformant: Most of its content meets that standard, and the gaps we know about are listed below.

What we have done

During 2026 the Society reviewed every public page of the site. Each page now has a single main heading and a heading outline without skipped levels, text and control colors were measured and corrected to meet the contrast minimums, content images carry text alternatives, and page addresses are readable words rather than numbers. Menus work from the keyboard, and animation on the site respects the reduce-motion setting in your operating system or browser.

Known limitations

Some material on the site does not yet meet the standard:

• Many of the PDF documents we publish, including position statements, the bylaws, and congress programs, were not produced as tagged PDFs, so headings and reading order may not be available to a screen reader.
• Some abstract handouts from past congresses are PowerPoint show files (.ppsx), which not every device can open.
• A few banner images contain text. Each carries the same words as alternative text, but the text in the image does not enlarge cleanly.
• Membership, event registration, login, and video pages are generated by the platform the site runs on (Wild Apricot) or by a third-party video service, and their markup is not fully under our control.

If any of these prevents you from using a document or page, email us and we will provide the content in another form.

Tell us about a problem

If you find a page or document that is hard to use, email info@isong.org with the address of the page and a short description of what went wrong. We will reply and work to fix it.

How we assessed the site

The Society evaluated the site itself in July and August 2026, using automated checks of every public page for heading structure, color contrast, and text alternatives, with manual review of the results and of keyboard navigation. This statement was prepared in August 2026 and will be updated as the site changes.