Accessibility

The Foundation for Biomedical Research of Hospital Gregorio Marañón is committed to ensuring the digital accessibility of people with disabilities. We are continuously improving the user experience for everyone and endeavouring to apply the most relevant accessibility standards. We are also making this commitment in accordance with Royal Decree 1112/2018, of 7 September, concerning the accessibility of websites and mobile applications in the public sector.

Compliance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. These guidelines define three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA and Level AAA. [nom client] is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. This means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Accessibility features

• The pages are structured with semantic elements such as the header, navigation, main content and footer, which can help you move more quickly between the various elements.

• Level 1 headings mark the main content area of each page, and from there the structure of each page should follow a logical heading order.

• Each page on this website has “skip to content” and “skip to menu” links at the top and a “start again” link at the bottom.

• Images are described with text equivalents (ALT) to ensure that everyone can access the graphic content.

• You should be able to zoom in on each page up to 300% without any problems.

• The colours on this website have been chosen on each page to ensure sufficient colour contrast.

• All components of this website are accessible using a mouse, keyboard or touch.

• To ensure that the website can be used with keyboards, we have added focus styles to images, links, forms and other focusable elements.

This website has been tested on modern and older browsers and devices, as well as with accessibility evaluation tools such as WAVE, Accessibility Insights and the ChromeVox screen reader.

Inaccessible content

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

Sometimes, we embed audio or video content on our pages that may not be adequately described.

If you find confusing content or elements, you can send us an email and let us know.

We also know that most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Foundation for Biomedical Research of Hospital Gregorio Marañón. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on this website:

• E-mail: gestioncientifica@iisgm.com

This statement was created on 15 March 2025.