Accessibility
St Dunstan’s is committed to providing an accessible website for everyone. We have built our pages to be compatible with adaptive technologies used by disabled and visually impaired people.
This page describes what adjustments we have made on our website to make it more accessible for people with visual impairment and also provides information on changes you can make to other settings to help you get the best out of this and other websites.
Font size
On our website the icons at the top of the web page to offer three different text size options. In addition, for this and other websites you can make changes to your browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, go to the View menu and choose 'text size', then select the appropriate font size. In Mozilla Firefox hold down the control key (Ctrl) and tap the plus (+) key. If you are using a scroll mouse then hold down the control key (Ctrl) and move the wheel.
Page contrast
On our website there are 3 icons offering different contrast options:
- black font on white background
- blue font on yellow background
- yellow font on blue background
You can select the contrast which works best for you from the accessibility toolbar at the top of the web screen.
Low graphic option
This helps those using keyboard navigation or access software users locate the main text quickly. This option can be accessed by clicking on Low graphic option link (top of the web screen).
Additionally Skip to content option has been added on the Low graphic version page that allows users to access main content of web pages.
Other Sources of Help
Further information on how to make other changes to your browser and operating system settings can be found on the MyWebMyWay page of the BBC Website http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/ and on the W3C's web page.
Accessibility conformance
Our web pages are built to XHTML 1.0 Strict, with presentation controlled by Cascading Style Sheets. These pages meet the checkpoints of the Web Accessibility Initiative and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to at least Level AA standard.
Links
We try to ensure that link text makes sense out of context and that it accurately describes the pages it points to. You can use the tab key on your keyboard (as well as your mouse) to move consecutively from link to link.
Page structure
Each page on our website includes a clear heading. Any consequent headings are introduced in a structured hierarchy, and are clearly marked up using 'h1' and 'h2' tags etc.
Images
A description of every image is provided, either in the alt tag or on the page itself.
PDF files
Some of the information on our website is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.
Download Acrobat Reader
Feedback
We would welcome your feedback on the accessibility and usability of our website and any suggestions for improvement. Please send your feedback to
enquiries@st-dunstans.org.uk