Accessibility Information

Accessibility

6.1 In October 2004 the final stage of the Disability Discrimination Act came into force. As early as December 1996 it became unlawful to treat disabled people less favourably for reasons relating to their condition. We recognise our obligation to make reasonable provisions for the 17% of the population with disabilities so that they can access this website.

6.2 This site makes every reasonable effort to comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) A-level standard. You can read more about these standards at the www.consortium.com website.

6.3 We have used Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to set the colour and size of the text within each page. Users can easily override our formatting options in:

• MS Explorer by selecting Tools - Internet Options - Accessibility
• Netscape by selecting Edit - Preferences - Appearance - Fonts

6.4 Although the two web browser mentioned above might be helpful, they do not offer the same level of access as the magnification software packages developed by specialist software suppliers. The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) website provides in-depth information for partially sighted web users.

6.5 If you have little or no vision, the internet can be accessed using a speaking browser and refreshable braille displays. A speaking browser reads aloud the contents of the entire website. Braille displays translate the site's content into braille, which can be read by touch. Visit the RNIB website for details of technology designed to help if you have a visual disability.

6.6 If you have a physical disabilities then the AbilityNet website provides information that can help you make better use of computers.

6.7 If you are still having problems, or have a question that you want to ask, please call us on 01202 474545 or email us at accessibility@vibenewmedia.com.