Accessibility Statement for ACP Online and Affiliated Web Properties

This is an accessibility statement from American College of Physicians, Inc.

Measures to support accessibility

American College of Physicians takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of ACP Online:

  • Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
  • Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. ACP Online is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Additional accessibility considerations

Additional Criteria: Although our goal is WCAG 2.2 Level AA conformance, we have also applied some Level AAA Success Criteria: 2.5.5 Target Size (Enhanced) & 1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced) to allow more touch target spacing on interactive elements and to better increase the visibility of our text.

ACP MKSAP: We engaged an independent accessibility consultant to perform an external review of ACP MKSAP; you can find the VPAT and all related ACP MKSAP accessibility information here.

Online Publications: The ACP Journals Website (www.acpjournals.org) hosts Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, and related ACP publications, including I.M. Matters from ACP, ACP Hospitalist, ACP Diabetes Monthly, and ACP Gastroenterology Monthly. The platform has been evaluated using automated and manual accessibility testing and conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. A 2026 VPAT is available upon request.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of ACP Online and Affiliated Web Properties. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on ACP Online and Affiliated Web Properties:

We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

ACP Online is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Any modern browser with built-in zoom functionality (up to 200% magnification) on Windows/macOS/Linux
  • Safari browser with VoiceOver screen reader on macOS
  • Chrome browser with JAWS screen reader on Windows 10/11

Technical specifications

Accessibility of ACP Online relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of ACP Online, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for ACP Online:

  1. Accordion and Tab Interactions: Assistive technology may not find child items properly because elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children. We have an open development case to upgrade the script that creates these elements. Disabling Javascript should allow users to access child items when issues arise.
  2. Navigation Utility Area - Search Bar: Voice assistive tech announces you're on a button when you're in the search field because the input field is nested inside of a button element. We have logged the issue and will be investigating further as to its impact. The search field remains functional, please disregard extraneous voice-over.
  3. Breadcrumb Elements overlay-ed on colored backgrounds: It may be difficult for some users to read low-contrast text because background and foreground colors sometimes do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. We will continue to audit the backgrounds that our content editors choose moving forward to account for text overlays. When contrast is low, a user can use the cursor to highlight portions of copy to increase readability.
  4. Video Content: Some videos do not include closed captioning options because automated captioning tools frequently fail to properly caption complex medical terminology. The stakes of incorrect captioning are significant with such content. We are exploring and piloting options for improving captioning quality and reliability. Contact our Member and Product Support team to report an issue or request assistance.

Assessment approach

American College of Physicians assessed the accessibility of ACP Online using self-evaluation.

This statement covers public, member, and customer-facing pages within the www.acponline.org ecosystem (including paywalled pages served by the site). It does not cover properties or subdomains outside the primary www.acponline.org site, chapter-managed pages, or content delivered by third-party or non‑site integrations.

Date

This statement was created on 1 May 2026 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.