Site Accessibility
Accessibility features on this website
Clearwood UK recognises the importance of providing a website that is accessible to all user groups, including the disabled. The following features improve navigation for screen-reader users, keyboard navigation and users of text-only browsers.
Navigation shortcut
At the start of every page is a short menu that allows you to jump directly to the most important parts of the page, including main content and navigation. Each of these also has an access key associated with it.
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.
These are the following Access keys for this website :
Jump to Content [Accesskey 's']
Jump to Navigation [Accesskey 'n']
Jump to Accessibility Statement [Accesskey '0']
Jump to Contact Us [Accesskey '9']>
Jump to Home Page [Accesskey '1']
Standards Compliance
Our pages 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 Level AA and AAA requirements are also met.
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).
While we use Bobby to test for accessibility, it is just one aspect of our testing procedure. As a computer programme, the Bobby test is not as reliable as expert evaluation. Pages are also tested in the following screen readers: Jaws for Windows and IBM Homepage Reader.
All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.
