The ECS Accessibility Team is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability.
We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines.
This website endeavours to conform to the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, W3C World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation 05 June 2018 (How to Meet WCAG 2 (Quick Reference)) “The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.” (Getting started with Web Accessibility)
This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for XHTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant XHTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.
Whilst the ECS Accessibility Team strive to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it may not always be possible to ensure ease of use for all those viewing these pages.
However, here are links to other resources that may help:
- Use Zoom controls if you want to make the text larger – Ctrl plus + then Ctrl plus 0 (zero) to return to the default size – Ctrl plus – to make things smaller.
- Add the ATBar to change text, font sizes, background colours, and add text to speech.
- AbilityNet provides guidance about how to:
- WebbIE free text browser for those who are blind or have visual impairments works well with the free NVDA screenreader.
We are continually seeking solutions that will bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall accessibility. In the meantime should you experience any difficulty in accessing the ECS Accessibility Team website, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
This page was updated on 1st February 2019