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Accessibility Statement
The site has been built to meet Triple-A rating in the W3C Accessibility Guidelines.
The site is currently being tested against these guidelines.
If you have any accessibility queries or issues, please feel free to Contact us.
The Disability Services Commissioner has designed its website to run on a broad range of browsers and operating systems. This page sets out information on a guide to the site's navigation processes, the technical requirements to run the site properly, the design standards used when developing the site, and some shortcuts for navigation.
Ensuring easy access to the site for all users is important to the Disability Services Commissioner so please contact us if you have difficulties using this site or if you have any further questions or comments.
Navigation
The following list details some of the site-wide navigation features that improve the overall accessibility of this site.
The primary navigation is a set of menus that provide quick and easy access to the site's major content areas. These menus are text-based lists and will still work for users using alternative browsing technologies, or who have javascript and/or Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) disabled.
The site search functionality is powered by Google. This leading edge system generates high quality results based on metadata and full text indexing of the site.
Technical requirements
Visual design has been optimised for monitors set at 800x600 pixels resolution with 16-bit colour depth. The site will still function properly for users on other settings.
Standards compliance
The Disability Services Commissioner website has been built according to XHTML 1.0 Strict specifications and conforms to Web Consortium Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) priority 1,2 & 3 checkpoints.
Page design and layout is controlled by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and has been written according to the CSS 2.1 specifications.
Structured and meaningful Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) has been used to assist users accessing the site via non-visual means, such as users of screen-reading software.
Access keys
The Disability Services Commissioner website allows you to quickly navigate to frequently used links by using keyboard shortcuts. Access keys are also useful for users who rely on a keyboard or another input device to navigate through the website.
To use access keys:
- Windows Firefox use ALT/Shift + an access key
- Windows Internet Explorer 7 use ALT and access key then Enter
- Windows Internet Explorer 6 use Alt and access key then Enter
- Mac Safari use Ctrl and access key
- Mac Firefox use Ctrl access key
The following are the access keys that have been defined for this site:
1. Home
2. Skip to start of page content
3. Sitemap
4. Search
5. Privacy statement
6. Accessibility statement
7. Contact us
