Last updated: 04/11/2025

Disordered Eating in Athletes website (deia.org.uk) is an online learning platform run by the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine - East Midlands (NCSEM-EM), based in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences (SSEHS) at Loughborough University. It hosts a paid-for continuing professional development (CPD) course for coaches and support staff, focused on understanding disordered eating and eating disorders in athletes.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard.
• Listen to most of the website using a screen reader.
• Access alternative formats for multimedia and interactive content.

We've made the website text as simple as possible to understand and designed it to be responsive across devices.

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

To help ensure the site meets accessibility standards, we conduct manual testing using:

• Screen reader software (VoiceOver).
• Keyboard-only navigation checks.
• Colour contrast analysis.
• Colour vision simulators.

We are committed to ongoing reviews to improve accessibility as the platform evolves.

We have implemented the following accessibility features:

• Keyboard navigability.
• Compatibility with major screen readers.
• Properly structured and semantic HTML.
• High-contrast, colourblind-friendly design.
• Captions for all videos.
• Skip-to-content links.
• Mobile-friendly responsive design.
• Downloadable PDF version of the course content.

If you have trouble accessing any part of this website, please contact us using our online contact form.

We aim to respond to all accessibility-related queries within 5 working days. Please note response times may vary during Loughborough University's closure periods. For more information, please see Loughborough University's closure dates page.

If you're not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) for England, Scotland and Wales:

• Website: www.equalityadvisoryservice.com
• EASS online contact form
• Telephone: 0808 800 0082
• Textphone: 0808 800 0084

Users in Northern Ireland can contact the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI):

• Website: www.equalityni.org
• Email: information@equalityni.org
• Phone: 028 9050 0600

Accessibility is an ongoing priority for us. We are committed to reviewing and improving the accessibility of our website and course content as technologies evolve and user needs change.

We conduct an accessibility review once every two years (biannually) to ensure continued compliance with accessibility standards and to identify areas for improvement. In addition, accessibility is considered during all future updates to the platform and course materials.

We welcome feedback from users and strive to incorporate suggestions into future developments wherever possible.

This statement was prepared on 21st July 2025. It was last reviewed on 4th November 2025.

The website was last tested on 27th June 2025. The testing was carried out internally by the NCSEM Translational Science team, using a representative sample of pages covering key content types including text, video, and interactive activities.