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Accessibility statement

Last updated: 23 October 2026

A website that serves older people and people with disabilities has to be accessible first. It is part of our work, not an extra.

The standard we follow

This site was built to meet the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities (Service Accessibility Adjustments) Regulations, 2013, and Israeli Standard IS 5568 at level AA, which is based on WCAG 2.0. In many places we went further.

What we did

  • Large base text, comfortable spacing and high colour contrast.
  • A “Display” button at the top of every page: two larger text sizes, high contrast and stopping animations. Your choice is saved in your browser.
  • The site respects your operating system’s “reduce motion” setting.
  • Full keyboard navigation, a “Skip to content” link and a clear focus indicator.
  • A logical heading structure, labelled regions and semantic markup that screen readers recognise.
  • Forms with persistent labels, clear error messages that are announced, and an explanation of what to fix.
  • Works on any screen size and at up to 200% zoom without losing content.
  • Every illustration has a text description, and decorative elements are hidden from screen readers.
  • Tested in Chrome, Safari and Firefox, on desktop and mobile.

What is not perfect yet

The site is new, and some part of it may not yet be accessible enough. If you come across one, we would like to know and fix it.

Contact us about accessibility

Ran into a problem, or need the information in another format? Write to us at [email protected] and describe the problem, the page, and the browser or assistive technology you used. We will get back to you soon.

Lev is a volunteer association supporting older people and people with disabilities across Israel.

Write to us: [email protected]

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Sources

  1. Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute for the Commission for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities, People with Disabilities in Israel 2023 (2021 data).
  2. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, People aged 65 and over in Israel, press release, September 2025.
  3. CBS Social Survey 2020–2022, in The Elderly in Israel Statistical Yearbook 2024, Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.
  4. Ministry of Health, National Fall Prevention Program (2025); Israel Center for Disease Control survey, Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (2021).
  5. Israel Internet Association, Internet use in later life survey, 2023.
  6. Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Characteristics and needs of informal caregivers (2023), based on the CBS Social Survey.
  7. National Insurance Institute (Gottlieb), via Taub Center, State of the Nation Report 2021. Data from the mid-2010s.
  8. Ministry of Welfare, Service for Vision, Hearing and Technology, via Israel Hayom, June 2023 (2022 data).

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