Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to everyone. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact us, as we are continually striving to improve the experience for all visitors.

This site has been designed using XHTML 1.0 and conforms to all WAI-AA guidelines with the exception of checkpoint 10.4 (see below for our reasoning on this).

Text Size

For best results changing text size use: CTRL+plus and CTRL+minus. Please check your browser/screen reader documentation for more information.

Access Keys (accelerator keys)

From any page on this website, the access keys (left) will allow you to navigate the site without the use of a mouse or other pointing device.

Access keys are implemented differently on the various leading web browsers, on Internet Explorer press ALT+<accesskey> followed by RETURN, on Firefox press CTRL+SHIFT+<accesskey> Please check your browser/screen reader documentation for more information.

Exceptions

10.4 Until user agents handle empty controls correctly, include default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas.

Checkpoint 10.4 of WCAG 1.0 recommends that until user agents (such as browsers or screen readers) are capable of recognising text fields that do not contain default text, text fields in forms should be pre-filled with text.

Research has in fact shown that pre-filled text fields can cause difficulties for some modern screen readers, therefore we do not include them.