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Accessibility

We have tried to design this site so that users with disabilities face no barriers when accessing content. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact us.

Resizing Text:

Internet Explorer 6

CTRL + Mouse wheel (or Tools > Internet Options > View > Text Size)

Internet Explorer 7

Page > Text Size > choose size

Mozilla/Firefox 2/Netscape

CTRL +/- (or Tools > Options > View > Text Size)

Mozilla/Firefox 3

Go to View > Zoom and click “Zoom Text Only” (Now you can use CTRL +/-)

Using recent version of screen readers:

Visitors can navigate using the following keystrokes:

  • H to cycle forwards through the headings
  • Shift + H to cycle backwards through the headings
  • 1 to navigate to the next level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the next heading on this level)
  • Shift + 1 to navigate to the previous level 1 heading (or a number between 1 and 6 to navigate to the previous heading on this level)
  • INSERT + F6 to provide a list of all heading

Using Opera

The following keys can be used to navigate headings:

  • S to cycle forwards through the headings
  • W to cycle backwards through the headings

Accessibility statement

The site aims to be AA compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.