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Accessibility

This page is to help you to make our website easier to read.

 

Change Text Size

In most browsers (example: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape) you could change the text size by following the steps below:

  • Open your browser
  • Click View button from top menu bar
  • Click Text Size
  • Select your option

If you have a mouse with a wheel, you can hold down "Ctrl" and turn the wheel to make the webpage bigger or smaller.

 

Internet explorer help

Information about making webpages easier to read in Internet Explorer

 

Using the keyboard

You can use the TAB key to skip through the pages, and the RETURN key to follow a link

 

Change CSS

  • Below is the step by step on how to change the style sheet file in Internet Explorer. For other browsers please check the Help menu. This means you can change the text size, colour, background colour and other things too!
    • Click Tools from the top menu bar
    • Select Internet Options
    • Select the General tab (first tab)
    • Click on Accessibility button (bottom section, Appearance)
    • Click on checkboxes to ignore all colors and font styles and sizes and/or
    • Click on checkbox: "Format documents using my style sheet"
    • Browse to your personal style sheet and
    • Click OK

 

These are the things we have thought about when writing our site;

  • Consistent layout - we have kept the layout the same on all pages.
  • Navigation: the main headings (Forum, Self Advocacy, Projects, Training and About Us) can be accessed directly from all pages.
  • We have used relative text sizes so that text can easily be altered by the user.
  • We have used CSS for all styling and for some of the layout.
  • We have used "alternative text" for all images.
  • Where we have used tables, we have considered the order in which text-to-speech software will scan each cell.
  • We tested the site using many different browsers, including text-only browsers.
  • We have not used colour coding as the only way to access information
  • We will be adding more pictures as we go along, to make the website even easier.

 

 

 

 

  
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