Accessibility Statement

ARCADEON – House of Science and Continuing Education strives to make its website www.arcadeon.de accessible without barriers. This accessibility statement applies to the website arcadeon.de.

Status of compatibility with the requirements

This website is only partially compliant with the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0) in conjunction with the Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (BGG). This is based on an assessment using the WAVE Accessibility Tool dated 2025-06-29.

Non-accessible content

• Missing text alternatives (alt text) for some decorative or informative images.
• Some form fields are not correctly labelled or grouped.
• Colour contrast for some text elements is insufficient.
• Some navigation elements are not fully operable via keyboard.
• Some PDF documents are not accessible.
• Missing ARIA labels for interactive elements.

Planned measures

We are continuously working to improve the accessibility of our website. Planned measures:

• Subsequent addition of alternative image descriptions
• Adjusting forms and navigation for improved keyboard and screen reader use
• Improving colour contrast
• Creating accessible PDF documents for new content

Report barriers and contact

If you notice any shortcomings regarding the accessible design of our website, please contact us:

• Email: ed.no1786758470edacr1786758470a@ofn1786758470i1786758470
• Telephone: +49 (0) 2331 / 3573-0
• Postal address:
  ARCADEON
  Lennestraße 91
  58093 Hagen

Enforcement procedure

If your accessibility enquiry is not answered within one month, you have the option of contacting the competent enforcement body:

Enforcement body:
Enforcement procedure

If you have not received a satisfactory response to your enquiry about the accessibility of our website, you may contact the enforcement body for accessible information technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Enforcement body for accessible information technology in NRW:
State Competence Centre for Accessible IT (LBIT)
at the State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW)
Mauerstraße 51, 40476 Düsseldorf
Telephone: +49 211 9449 12 13 (Mon–Fri 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Email: ed.wr1786758470n.ti@1786758470wrn-e1786758470llets1786758470sgnuh1786758470cawre1786758470beu1786758470

Preparation of this statement

This statement was prepared on 2025-06-27 on the basis of a self-assessment using an automated testing procedure (WAVE by WebAIM).

Last updated: 2025-06-29