Accessibility¶
This site is built to be usable by everyone in the American University of Antigua College of Medicine (AUACOM) community, including readers using assistive technology. This page states what the site does toward that goal, what its known limitations are, and how to report a problem.
What the Site Does¶
- Plain language. Pages are written for readers outside the field, acronyms are expanded on first use, and generated news summaries follow the same rules.
- Semantic structure. Every page uses a proper heading hierarchy, and pages list their sections under On This Page, in the Navigate control at the bottom left of the screen (and in the page foot when JavaScript is off). Figures keep their words in the page's HTML, so they scale with your text settings and screen readers read them, and images carry alternative text.
- Keyboard and screen reader support. The site is built on a documentation framework whose navigation, search, and collapsible sections are keyboard-operable; collapsible content uses standard disclosure elements that assistive technology announces. Every control can be reached with the Tab key and works with Enter or Space, and closing a panel returns focus to the control that opened it.
- Readable presentation. Text is sized in relative units so browser zoom and font-size settings are respected, and the site offers light and dark color schemes. Color is never the only carrier of meaning: each color marks one kind of page across the site and always comes with a word, a Color key line names the colors wherever they appear, and status badges pair color with text labels.
- Reduced motion. If your device asks for reduced motion, the site's animations and transitions switch off, and nothing on the site carries meaning through motion alone.
- Listen option. The pathway modules, two reference pages, and the news section briefs offer a machine-read audio version, labelled as an AI voice; the written page remains the authoritative text.
- Films with captions. Eighteen pages carry a short narrated film, including every module of the AI Literacy Pathway, and The Hub's Films gathers them on one page. Each carries English captions written from its script rather than generated automatically, its length and its AI voice are shown before you press play, and the page beneath it remains the full text.
Known Limitations¶
- Linked content is external. News items, videos, and podcasts link out to their original publishers, whose accessibility varies and is outside this site's control.
- Third-party widgets. The comments sections (giscus), video thumbnails, and the films' player (YouTube, which loads only when you press play) come from external services with their own accessibility characteristics.
- Generated text. Machine-written summaries aim for plain language but are not individually reviewed for reading level.
- Wide tables. Benchmark and comparison tables scroll horizontally on narrow screens rather than reflowing.
This page follows the spirit of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA as a working target; the site has not undergone a formal conformance audit, and this statement is updated as issues are found and fixed.
Report a Problem¶
If anything on this site is difficult to use with your setup, please say so: the feedback form takes about two minutes, or use the contact route on the About page. Accessibility reports are treated as corrections, not requests.
Content last reviewed October 12, 2026. Review dates are maintained as described on the About page.