Accessibility

This website has been designed to be as accessible as possible to people with disabilities and also to be compatible with the types of adaptive technology used by people with disabilities, including screen readers and text only web browsers.

Access keys

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use a mouse for navigation. For this site, you can use:

Internet Explorer
ALT - 0 (press enter) to go to homepage
ALT - 1 (press enter) to go to content
ALT - 2 (press enter) to go to main menu links
ALT - 4 (press enter) to go to related content and links
ALT - 5 (press enter) to go to footer links
ALT - 6 (press enter) to go to supplementary links
ALT - 7 (press enter) to go to site search facility
ALT - 8 (press enter) to go to accessibility page

Firefox and Netscape
ALT - 0 to go to homepage
ALT - 1 to go to content
ALT - 2 to go to main menu links
ALT - 4 to go to related content and links
ALT - 5 to go to footer links
ALT - 6 to go to supplementary links
ALT - 7 to go to site search facility
ALT - 8 to go to accessibility page

Macintosh based systems
CTRL - 0 to go to homepage
CTRL - 1 to go to content
CTRL - 2 to go to main menu links
CTRL - 4 to go to related content and links
CTRL - 5 to go to footer links
CTRL - 6 to go to supplementary links
CTRL - 7 to go to site search facility
CTRL - 8 to go to accessibility page

Please note your browser may not support access keys.

Navigating

To navigate through this website please use the menu on the left-hand side of the page. You can use the tab key to navigate through the menu links. Using a screen reader or text only browser you can skip the navigation using the skip navigation link.

Font sizes

You may change the display font size to your preference using your browser:

- In Internet Explorer, select View, then Text size, and then your preferred size
- In Netscape select View, then Text zoom, and then your preferred percentage size
- Other browsers may vary

Style sheets

You may import your own style sheet into this website:

- In Internet Explorer select Tools, then Internet options, and then Accessibility. Next click on any or all of three checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window you can change your style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says, 'format documents using my style sheet' then simply browse to your style sheet and click OK
- In Netscape select Edit, then Preferences and then Appearance. You will then be given the choice to specify your own colours and fonts

PDFs

We recommend that users download free the latest version of Adobe® Reader® 7.0 to view our Adobe PDF files. Visit Adobe for information about their products.

Our aim is to ensure that all our PDFs are accessible. Presently, a small number are still to be revised into fully accessible versions. For further information please contact us.