Accessibility
The PSEAW is committed to ensuring our website is accessible to the community that we serve. We aim to be standards compliant and we recognise the need to take reasonable steps to enable access to our website for those with impaired sight or other disabilities.
This site has been redesigned with web accessability at the forefront of the planning. The site uses CSS and HTML throughout. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used to separate visual formatting from structural markup.
- This site is valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
- This site uses valid CSS 2.0.
Through taking this approach we hope to make our site as inclusive as possible, and also to comply with UK legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) as amended by the Special Education Needs and Disability Act (2001), which states that it is an offence to discriminate against a disabled person by treating him or her less favourably than others for a reason relating to their disability.
All pages conform at a minimum to Level A compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Some pages have discrepancies due to menu javascript, but these did not affect the ability to browse in text and screen reading browsers. Most Level AA and some Level 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).
Navigation Aids:
- All pages include a menu bar for easy navigation.
- All pages include a search box.
- All pages link to a site map to aid site navigation.
Links:
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target.
Images:
All content images used on the home page and all other pages include descriptive ALT attributes.
Validation:
All the pages included in the site have been validated as much as possible. We have used many different programs, text readers and tools to ensure the site is as easy as possible to use by as many people as possible.
Colourblind users:
We have also used various online tools to determine how easy it will be for our colourblind users to navigate the site, making sure to avoid troublesome colours in places of importance.
Pictures:
We have strived to make sure that users who cannot display pictures will still be able to navigate to every part of the site. At no point on the site is there a link on an image without there being a text link right next to it.
Blind users:
We have tested the site with various screen readers and have found the site to be extremely useable. We recommend the following software: http://www.screenreader.net
Spelling:
The entire site has been spell checked where possible. Anything forthcoming that will be put on the site will also be spellchecked.
Access Keys
Some of the most important links to pages and sections on our site have access keys in order to allow people without a mouse to quickly navigate to these areas. The combination of keys used varies from browser to browser, but here are the most common:
Browser |
What to do |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 5+ (PC) | Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER |
| Internet Explorer 4 (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key |
| Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key |
| Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac) | Access keys are not supported |
| Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac) | Access keys are not supported |
| Netscape 7 (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (PC) | Hold down the ALT + SHIFT keys and press the number of the access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key |
| Safari and Omniweb (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key |
| Opera | Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey |
Access Keys on this site:
Page |
Accesskey |
|---|---|
| Home | 1 |
| About | 2 |
| News | 3 |
| FAQ | 4 |
| Links | 5 |
| Contact | 6 |
| Site Map | 7 |
| Map | 8 |
| Accessibility | 9 |
Links:
http://www.w3.org/ - World wide web consortium homepage
http://www.screenreader.net - FREE Screenreader
http://www.browsealoud.com/ - Texthelp Systems
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ - CSS Validator
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Contact Details
The Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales
67a Reading Road
Pangbourne
Berkshire
RG8 7JD
Tel: 0118 984 4005
Fax: 0118 984 5642
Email: enquiries@policesupers.com