Accessibility statement

Date of website publication: 2020-09-01.
Last major update: 2023-11-15 .

Compliance status with Act on digital accessibility

Links
- The site contains links that do not include the information that they open the page in a new browser tab.
Headings
- The H1 heading is missing on the main page.
- Pages of the site may not contain headings.
Landmarks
- The site contains errors in landmark definitions.
Slideshows
- The main page contains a slideshow with controls in a language that is different from the site’s default language.
Tables
- The site contains tables with no header cells.
Accessibility of materials published on the site
- The site may contain links to inaccessible documents.
Site map, understandability of site structure, ease of finding the information
- The site does not contain site map.
Contrasts and colours on the site
- The site contains elements that do not meet contrast requirements.
Highlighting links and other important elements on the site
- The site contains links that do not meet contrast requirements.
Consistent Identification of page elements
- The site contains elements that are highlighted visually but are not marked with proper attributes.

This statement was prepared on: 2023-11-15.

The statement was based on the self-assessment done by the public sector body: Office for Persons with Disabilities (BON), UW – will open in a new window.

Keyboard shortcuts

No keyboard shortcuts have been specified on the website Office for Personnel Social Benefits – will open in a new window.

The contact person for the accessibility of this website is: Natalia Adamczuk. If you experience problems with accessibility of this website, contact with us by sending an e-mail to: Natalia.Adamczuk@adm.uw.edu.pl, or by calling 22 55 20 868. Requests for providing accessible alternative for non-accessible content as well as other requests related to accessibility can be submitted by the same channels.

Everyone has the right to request digital accessibility to the website, mobile application or any elements thereof. You can also request information to be made available using an alternative means of access, for example by reading out a digitally inaccessible document, describing the content of a video without audio description, etc.

The request should contain the particulars of the person filing the request, indication of the website or mobile application it concerns and contact information. If the requesting person reports the need to receive information by means of an alternative method of access, they should also specify a convenient mode of presenting such information to them.

The public entity should promptly satisfy the request, not later than within 7 days from the date the request was filed. If meeting this deadline is not possible, the public entity will promptly notify the person filing the request about the time when the request can be satisfied, however, this deadline may not exceed 2 months from the date of filing the request.

If the provision of digital accessibility is not possible, the public entity may offer an alternative access to the information. If the public entity refuses to comply with the request to provide accessibility or an alternative method to access the information, the person filing the request may lodge a complaint regarding the provision of digital accessibility to the website, mobile application or an element of the website or mobile application. After exhausting the above-mentioned procedure, an application may be filed with the Commissioner for Human Rights – will open in a new window

Full list of buildings belonging to the University of Warsaw with information on their architectural accessibility – will open in a new window.

The Leading Unit declares the architectural availability of the building: St. Roch’s Hospital – The Office for Social Affairs, postcode 00-927 Warsaw, address 24 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street

Administrative Director: Dorota Sobolew

Phone: 22 55 22 040

Email: d.sobolew@adm.uw.edu.pl

Entrance to the building

Entrance with two-leaves doors (each leaf under 70 centimetres), flat, handle on a standard hight, assistance on the phone.

Corridors and passages

Internal doors (swinging) limit the entrance to 105 centimeres, entrance to the ground floor and other floors by stairs (120 centimetres wide). No lift, ramp or other facilities. Doors leading to corridors and office rooms 80 centimetres wide, corridors on the right from the entrance with thresholds, on the left without thresholds.

Procedures

Necessity to make an appointment by telephone – in some cases office staff will go down the building to see the visitor.

Extra help

For assistance, it is recomended to contact the office by telephone.

Bathrooms, toilets, changing rooms

No accessible restrooms to persons with mobility impairment.

Additional customizations

No adjustments of the venue for persons with disabilities.

Access and parking spaces

Access from Krakowskie Przedmieście Street through the gate by the LIBER bookshop without any problems, from the Main Gate – steps, no parking spaces, access by public transport to the bus stop ‘Uniwersytet’.

The right to enter with an assistance dog

Easy access with a guiding dog.

PJM translator

If there is a need of the assistance of a Polish Sign Language interpreter, it is highly recommended to subbmit the application at University’s Office for Persons with Disabilities at least 3 days before the actual date of the service. Contact to the OPD: telephone no.: +48 22 55 24 222, e-mail address: bon@uw.edu.pl, website: www.bon.uw.edu.pl.

Additional information about the building

The building not accessible for persons with disabilities.