Accessibility Statement
Accessibility
ACL 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 adheres to many of the available standards and guidelines.
We are continually making improvements to meet these guidelines, and our website has been designed with the following accessibility guidelines in mind:
This website endeavours to conform to level Triple-A of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities. Conformance with these guidelines will help make the web more user friendly for all people.
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.
- Structure
- Pages are designed so that they can be viewed at a screen resolution of 1024x768.
- Page structure is conveyed using header elements.
- Sitemap outlining structure of site has been made.
- Information
- A stylesheet is used on our website and relative font sizes on all text with the exception of graphical text.
- Text can be increased or decreased in size by using the "view" option in your browser.
- Images that convey important information have alternative text. Where an image is used for a decorative purpose the alternative text will be left blank.
- No information is exclusively conveyed using colour.
- Where individual features make use of functions that do not comply with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines we have made sure that there are alternative routes provided to the information
- Standards Compliance
- All pages of the site adhere to W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliance
- All CSS Stylesheets used in the site adhere to W3C CSS 2.0 Specification
- All pages of website tested for Priority 3 W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines compliance with: HERA | WebXACT | TAW | Cynthia Says
Access Keys
As part of our commitment to complying with Priority 3 of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines we have configured the following access keys throughout our site:
- Navigation
- P - The Practice
- T - The Team
- W - Projects
- C - Contact us
- Footer
- 1 - Website Terms and Conditions
- 2 - Accessibility Page
- R - Replete
How to use Access Keys
Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)
Hold down the ALT key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER
Internet Explorer 4 (PC)
Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key
Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key
Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
Access keys are not supported
Firefox 2+ (PC)
Hold down the ALT key and the SHIFT key, and press the number or letter of the access key
Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac)
Not supported
Netscape 7 (PC)
Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key
Mozilla (PC)
Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key
Mozilla (Mac)
Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key
Safari and Omniweb (Mac)
Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key
Downloading PDF documents
To read PDF documents with a screen reader please link to the Access Adobe website which provides useful tools and resources. Adobe also has a free online conversion tool for pdfs.
Browser compatibility
The site has been tested with the following browsers and made compatible:
- Internet Explorer v7.0+
- Firefox v2.0+
- Netscape 6.2+
Further information
- To learn more about web accessibility visit the RNIB Web Access Centre
- To obtain a copy of the screen reader JAWS
We are continually seeking out 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 ACL website, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Website Terms & Conditions
Click here to view the Website Terms & Conditions.
