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Accessibility

This website has been designed to be as accessible as possible to people with disabilities. It is compatible with adaptive technologies including screen readers and text only web browsers.

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use a mouse for navigation. For this site, you can use:

  • Internet Explorer ALT + 0 (press enter) to go to homepage
  • ALT - 1 (press enter) to go to content
  • ALT - 2 (press enter) to go to navigation
  • ALT - 3 (press enter) to go to site search
  • ALT - 4 (press enter) to go to footer links
  • ALT - 5 (press enter) to go to accessibility page
  • Firefox SHIFT + ALT + 0 (press enter) to go to homepage
  • SHIFT + ALT - 1 (press enter) to go to content
  • SHIFT + ALT - 2 (press enter) to go to navigation
  • SHIFT + ALT - 3 (press enter) to go to site search
  • SHIFT + ALT - 4 (press enter) to go footer links
  • SHIFT + ALT - 5 (press enter) to go to accessibility page
  • Macintosh based systems CTRL - 0 (press enter) to go to homepage
  • CTRL - 1 (press enter) to go to content
  • CTRL - 2 (press enter) to go to navigation
  • CTRL - 3 (press enter) to go to site search
  • CTRL - 4 (press enter) to go to footer links
  • CTRL - 5 (press enter) to go to accessibility page

Please note your browser may not support access keys.

To navigate through this website please use the menu at the top of the page. You can use the tab key to navigate through the menu links. Using a screen reader or text only browser you can skip the navigation using the skip navigation link.

Font sizes

You may change the display font size to your preference using your browser:

  • In Internet Explorer, select View > Text size, and then your preferred size
  • In Netscape select View > Text zoom, and then your preferred percentage size
  • In Mozilla Firefox select Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colours then your chosen size
  • Other browsers may vary

Style sheets and Font colours

You may import your own style sheet into this website:

  • In Internet Explorer select Tools > Internet options > Accessibility. Next click on any or all of three checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window you can change your style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says, 'format documents using my style sheet' then simply browse to your style sheet and click OK
  • In Netscape select Edit > Preferences > Appearance. You will then be given the choice to specify your own colours and fonts
  • In Mozilla Firefox select Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colours then your chosen font family

Remove all colour information

To navigate this site without colour:

  • In Internet Explorer select Tools > Internet options > Accessibility > Ignore colours specified on Web pages
  • In Netscape select Edit > Preferences > Colors then chose 'Use my chosen colours, ignoring the colours and background image specified'
  • In Mozilla Firefox select Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colours > Colours > then uncheck 'Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above'

Websites My Way Guides

The Websites My Way Guides detail how you can make the text size in your browser bigger, choose your own text style, and impose your own preferred background and text colours. They also show you how you can make these changes affect every site you visit. To access these guides, please follow the link to the My Web section of the AbilityNet website.

My Computer, My Way Website

Do you have trouble using your keyboard or mouse? Do you have difficulty seeing the screen? The AbilityNet my computer, my way website has guides on making all these aspects of your computer easier too.

As well as guides on what's available to help with your spelling, how you can talk to your computer, and make your computer talk back, this site includes a wealth of information on special software and hardware that may be of further help. To access this information, please follow the link to the My computer My way section on the AbilityNet website.

AbilityNet Website

AbilityNet is a national charity and the UK's leading provider of expertise on computing and disability.

Whether you experience discomfort or difficulty using a computer, have dyslexia, a vision impairment, multiple sclerosis or a limiting condition of any kind AbilityNet can help.

More information can be found by following this link to the AbilityNet website.