Accessibility

Our goal is to make our website as accessible as possible. To make it easy to view, we’ve designed it in accordance with guidelines laid down by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Taking Time Over Design

We are always looking for ways to improve our website and make it easier to use, following principles established by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). We also set our own guidelines.

Our Guidelines Include:

• Using meaningful ALT text for all images to provide descriptive text.
• Using descriptive hyperlink text and avoiding frames, which can be difficult for specialized browsers to interpret.
• Implementing an easy-to-see web color scheme.
• Choosing an easy-to-read, non-serif font type, size, and color.

However, making the website easy to use goes further than just color and fonts. We are also working hard to ensure our site has useful content that is laid out in an easy-to-navigate way, considering people who use screen readers.

How to Change Your Browser Settings

If you want to adjust the way you view any website, you can change settings in your internet browser. Below are instructions for Internet Explorer. These settings should work on most websites but will not affect images on the screen.

To permanently apply font and color changes:

1. On the browser Tools menu, select Internet Options.
2. On the General tab, select Accessibility.
3. Check the three boxes to show ticks, then click OK to enlarge text.
4. Again, on the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
5. On the General tab, select Accessibility and check the Ignore font sizes specified on web pages box, then click OK.
6. Go to the browser menu, select View, and click Text size to choose the desired text size.

To change text and background color:

1. On the browser Tools menu, select Internet Options.
2. On the General tab, select Color.
3. Uncheck the Use Windows colors box.
4. Choose a color for Text and click OK.
5. Choose a color for Background and click OK.

To prevent graphics and images from appearing:

1. On the browser Tools menu, select Internet Options.
2. On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Multimedia heading.
3. Uncheck the settings for Animations, Videos, Pictures, and Images by clicking the boxes to remove the ticks.
4. Click Apply, then OK.

To change the size of the window:

• On the browser View menu, select Full screen or press F11.

To change the color of links displayed on a screen:

1. On the browser Tools menu, select Internet Options.
2. On the General tab, select Accessibility.
3. Check the box for Ignore colors specified on Web pages.
4. Click OK.
5. Under the General tab, click on Colors.
6. Uncheck the Use hover colors box.
7. Choose the color for Visited links, then click OK.
8. Choose the color for Not Visited links, then click OK.
9. Click OK for Colors.
10. Click OK for Internet Options.

If you have any problems changing your browser settings, use the Help menu in your browser toolbar.