Accessibility Statement
We have designed this website to be as accessible as possible to those users with disabilities and special needs. This website complies with the requirements of the Equality Act (EQA) in the UK, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the USA.
In the UK alone, around 8.5m people have disabilities and many more with special needs. We are committed to total accessibility not simply because it is a legal requirement, but because it is the right and sensible thing to do.
If you experience problems or have any suggestions for improvement, please contact us. You may find the following notes to be helpful.
Visual Impairments
This website fully supports screen and browser readers used by blind or near-blind users. We have tested our site with screen readers such as JAWS on Windows, VoiceOver on Apple devices, and TalkBack on Android devices. All images that convey information (i.e. not purely decorative) have alternative descriptive text that is announced by screen readers. Those with other visual impairments (such as myopia) can scale text on all pages, using browser settings.
There are several types of colour blindness (deuteranopia, for example). Although we use colours aesthetically, we do not use colour alone to convey information or function..
Hearing
There is no content on this site that cannot be accessed by the deaf or hard of hearing. But we do have a policy for making audio and video accessible, namely:
- If we include audio clips we also provide a text version of the soundtrack.
- If we include movie clips or video streaming we also provide time-indexed subtitles.
Motricity
For those that have difficulty using a mouse, keyboard access is supported by using standard shortcut techniques. This site can be fully navigated without the use of a mouse.
Cognitive
Information has been structured on this website to be as simple as possible, with semantic headings and uniform navigation. We have chosen and styled our typography for harmonious layout and high legibility.
Neurological
There are no animated images or flashing text on this site which could – in extreme cases – cause difficulty for some suffering from particular neurological disorders.