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Accessibility
This is the accessibility statement for www.deeside.ac.uk.
 

Deeside College recognises the importance of providing a website that is accessible to all user groups, including the disabled.
 
Accessibility features on this website
The following features improve navigation for screen reader users, keyboard navigation and users of text-only browsers.
 
Text Only
For users with a Visual Impairment (using screen readers), Dyslexia or Irlen Syndrome, a text only site is often much more easier to use. Our text only site is an exact mirror of our graphical site and is updated at the same time. Select this link for the Text Only version.
 
Access keys

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use the mouse for navigation in browsers that support them. In Internet Explorer on Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key. Then press Enter to activate the link. The following access keys are available throughout the website:

0: Jump to Accessibility Statement

1: Jump to Homepage

2: Jump to Text Only version of the site

3: Jump to Search

4: Jump to Welsh language version of the site

These access keys have been chosen to follow the UK Government website guidelines where applicable, in order to support the adoption of a useful standard. Wherever possible, they also avoid conflicting with commonly-used screen reader keyboard shortcuts.
 
Navigation shortcuts

Visually impaired users who use the keyboard to navigate will will notice that the tab order has been optimised for increased usability.

 
Images
All content images used in this site include descriptive alt attributes. Purely decorative graphics include empty alt attributes.
 
Font size

You may increase the font size of the text on pages via the link at the top of the page:

Image: The text size changer

 

Alternatively you can use your browser to change the font size of text:

  • In Internet Explorer, select View, then Text Size, and then your preferred size.
  • In Netscape select View, then Text Zoom, and then your preferred percentage size.
  • In Mozilla Firefox select View, then Text Size, then either increase or decrease.
 
Tables

All tables have properly scoped header cells, to allow screen readers to render them intelligently. Where required, tables also have a caption and a summary.
 
Forms
All forms follow a logical tab sequence.
 
 

Standards compliance

  • The pages on our website conform at a minimum to level A compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The majority of pages on our website meet level AA and AAA requirements.
  • All pages validate as XHTML 1 Transitional and use structured semantic markup. The CSS also validates.
  • We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/
    http://www.drc-gb.org/
 
 

Questions or feedback

If you have any questions or feedback regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you experience any difficulty using it, please email: davisb@deeside.ac.uk or call 01244 831531 ext 4081.

 
 

Accessibility references
 
 
 

 
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