Accessibility

The target

FMRI built this website to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. Research on fighter health should be readable by every fighter, including those living with the effects of injury.

What that means on this website

• Every page can be used with a keyboard. A “Skip to main content” link is the first stop on each page, and the element in focus is always outlined.
• Pages use real headings, lists, tables and landmarks so that screen readers can move through them.
• Text and controls meet AA contrast against their backgrounds.
• Text can be enlarged to 200 percent and the layout reflows to a single column on small screens.
• The website does not rely on motion. Where the browser asks for reduced motion, smooth scrolling is turned off.
• Photographs have text descriptions. The research library’s search and filters announce how many records match.
• The research library lists every record when JavaScript is turned off. Search and filtering need JavaScript.

Known limits

• The masthead is a single image that contains the institute’s name as artwork. The name is also given as text in the page header, in the image description and in the page title.
• Research records link to publishers and repositories. FMRI cannot vouch for the accessibility of those websites or of the documents they host.
• Some source documents are PDF files that may not be fully tagged for assistive technology.

How this was checked

The website was tested with an automated accessibility checker and by keyboard, on desktop and phone-sized screens, on 9 November 2026. Automated checks do not find every barrier. FMRI will retest after any redesign.

Reporting a barrier

If something on this website shuts you out, FMRI wants to know which page it was, what you were trying to do and what technology you were using.