Accessibility

Our commitment

Cancer Explained aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. We have not claimed formal WCAG conformance, so please tell us about any barrier you find.

What we do

• Semantic HTML and clear heading structure on every page.
• Full keyboard navigation, with a visible “skip to main content” link.
• Visible focus outlines so you can always see where you are.
• Strong color contrast and text that scales when you zoom.
• Descriptive links and labels for screen-reader users.
• Plain language throughout, so content is easier to understand.
• Calm, non-graphic illustrations rather than distressing imagery.

Multiple ways to learn

Each explanation starts with a short answer, then lets you choose the full explanation, the key points and common questions, or a version framed for caregivers — plus knowledge checks and flashcards, so you can learn in the way that works best for you.

Listen instead of reading

Every article has a Listen button that reads it aloud, with a choice of speeds. Our key guides also have recorded audio versions you can play or download from one place: the Listen library. The sleep space offers gentle spoken affirmations in a calm voice. Narration is a synthetic voice reading the published text (a recorded AI voice where we have a recording, otherwise your device’s own voice), and the written article is always there as the transcript.

Tell us what’s not working

If you run into an accessibility barrier anywhere on the site, we’d like to fix it. Please get in touch and describe the problem and the page it happened on, and we’ll do our best to help.