The Berlin/Brandenburg Regional Association of the DCCV e.V. endeavors to ensure that its website ced-berlinbrandenburg.de complies with the Federal Act on Barrier-Free Access to Federal Websites and Mobile Applications (Web Accessibility Act – WZG) BGBl. I. No. 59/2019 as amended, to be made accessible without barriers.

This accessibility statement applies to ced-berlinbrandenburg.de.

Status of compatibility with the requirements

This website is partially compliant with compliance level AA of the “Web Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG 2.1” or with the applicable European Standard EN 301 549 V3.2.1 (2021-03) under Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council due to the following incompatibilities. We continually strive to improve the usability of our website to provide the best possible user experience for all visitors.

Accessible content

Screen-Reader: By manually setting HTML tags of the images, the page is fully readable by a screen reader and thus accessible to all visually impaired people.

Accessibility Panel: The accessibility panel at the bottom of the website allows visually impaired visitors to the website to view the website in different variations (black and white or contrast) in addition to the ability to zoom in.

Sign language-video:On the home page there is a Youtube video in which the disease CED and the DCCV are briefly explained in sign language. This offers non-hearing and hard-of-hearing people an alternative way to learn more about the disease and DCCV. You can find the video here.

Podcast transcriptions: An audio transcription is created for each podcast episode. You can find them here.

Easy language brochure: A brochure in easy language is placed on the home page. You can find this brochure here.

Non-accessible content

PDF files: All PDF files available for download on the website are not accessible.

Subtitles of videos: For technical reasons, it is not possible to activate subtitles for videos, such as the video of the intestinal model on the home page. There is also no audio description.

Keyboard operability: Keyboard operability is not always given. Furthermore, the order of keyboard operation, as well as the keyboard focus, is not always clear.

Preparation of the accessibility statement

This statement was created on 07/15/2022.

Feedback and contact details

Do you have questions or suggestions about accessibility on our website? If so, please contact us by e-mail at sarens@dccv.de or by phone at +49 (0)30 39746669.

Alternatively, you can use our available contact form.