Accessibility

Health information is no use to someone who cannot read it. This is what we have done, what we know is imperfect, and how to tell us when we have got it wrong.

What we aim for

We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 level AA. In practice that means text that meets contrast requirements in both light and dark themes, a page that works at 200 percent zoom and at phone width, every function reachable by keyboard, visible focus indicators, and images that carry meaningful alternative text.

What we have built in

• A skip link to the main content as the first focusable element on every page.
• Light and dark themes that both meet AA contrast, following your system setting by default.
• Headings in a genuine hierarchy, so screen reader users can navigate by structure.
• Data tables with real header rows, which become labelled cards rather than sideways scroll on a phone.
• Color never used as the only way of conveying meaning.
• Text that reflows to a single column at narrow widths without horizontal scrolling.

Where we know we fall short

Some older articles carry images whose alternative text is thinner than it should be. Embedded content from third parties is outside our control and is not always accessible. We are working through both.

Tell us

If something here is hard to use, please email hello@freegethealth.com with the page and what went wrong. Accessibility problems are treated as bugs, not as feature requests.