Accessibility

Best endeavours have been made to ensure that this site accessible and inclusive to all users, including those with disabilities.

The accessibility provision on the site is focused on three main groups:

  • Dyslexic users
  • Visually impaired users
  • Motor impaired (Switch) users
 

Standards

  • The site conforms to priority 1, Level A WAI web compliance and most elements of Level AA WAI web compliance.
  • The site conforms to coding standards for HTML, CSS and XML against the appropriate W3C standard.
  • Navigation of the site does not require any scripts.
 

Navigation

  • Alt tags are used in the HTML content throughout the site.
  • The site provides a logical tabbing order.
  • Proprietary keyboard short cuts are not used.
 

Features

The site has been built using XHTML and CSS that allows the user to change the font settings via their preferred browser settings and override the CSS presentation of fonts.

 

Text-to-Speech

Browse Aloud™, a free plug-in that reads text out loud, can be downloaded and used on the site.