Disability Action Centre

Help

To help find your way around this web site you will find a content menu on the left hand side. By using this menu you can jump to various areas and pages. At the top right there are some additional features to allow you to interact with the DAC and the DAC website.

Access Features in this site

Access Keys

Keyboard access is important for users who do not have the ability to use a pointing device. Pages that allow keyboard interaction are generally also accessible through a variety of other input and output devices.

Each of the areas of DAC website has been constructed to allow users to bind keyboard strokes to actions.

1. Just press and hold the 'alt' key
2. Then press the required letter
3. Press the return key after releasing both keys and let the browser do the rest.

Below is a complete list of the short cut keys to be used when navigating.

• H - Home
• E - Help
• M - Sitemap
• C - Contact - sends mail to the DAC
• B - Back (to the previous page)

If you use the tab key to navigate around the screen then the first two links on each page will be of some use to you.

• Jump to start of content - this will take you to the start of the main copy of the page
• Jump to main menu - this will take you to the top of the main menu links

Title Attributes

We have added 'Title' attributes (also known as title tags) to text links to provide a better description of where the links go to. If you hold your mouse over a link then the text will appear in the same way that an 'Alt' attribute (also known as ALT tags) appears over an image.

The size of the text can be changed in your browser settings.

If you are using Internet Explorer then follow these simple steps:

1. In the menu at the top of your browser, click 'View' or press 'Alt' and then 'V'
2. Then select 'Text Size' or press 'X' on your keyboard
3. Select either 'larger' or 'smaller' depending on your requirements or use the arrow keys to scroll up and down

If you are using Netscape then follow these simple steps:

1. In the menu at the top of your browser, click 'View'
2. Click 'Increase Font' or 'Decrease Font'
3. Repeat this till the text is the size you require

Alternatively press 'Control' and ']' keys for larger font size, or 'Control' and '[' for smaller fonts.

Keyboard Navigation using Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)

IE provides keyboard access to most navigation functions, the most relevant ones are listed here, for more information please refer the online help within IE.

• To move forward through active items (images, links & buttons) in a page: TAB
• To move backwards through active items (images, links & buttons) in a page: SHIFT + TAB
• To move forward one page in your browser's history: ALT + RIGHT ARROW
• To move backwards one page in your browser's history: ALT + LEFT ARROW
• To scroll towards the beginning of a document: UP ARROW
• To scroll towards the end of a document: DOWN ARROW
• To scroll towards the beginning of a document in larger steps: PAGE UP
• To scroll towards the end of a document in larger steps: PAGE DOWN
• To move to the beginning of a document: HOME
• To move to the end of a document: END

Keyboard Navigation using Netscape Navigator (NN)

NN provides keyboard access to most navigation functions, the most relevant ones are listed here, for more information please refer the online help within NN.

• To move forward through active items (images, links & buttons) in a page: TAB
• To move backwards through active items (images, links & buttons) in a page: SHIFT + TAB
• To move forward one page in your browser's history: ALT + RIGHT ARROW
• To move backwards one page in your browser's history: ALT + LEFT ARROW
• To scroll towards the beginning of a document: UP ARROW
• To scroll towards the end of a document: DOWN ARROW
• To scroll towards the beginning of a document in larger steps: PAGE UP
• To scroll towards the end of a document in larger steps: PAGE DOWN

Bobby Approved

We have built this site so that it can carry the 'Bobby' logo. This approval means that the site has met the required standards as set out by CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) http://www.cast.org/bobby/ and that the site is accessible for most users of the internet. Bobby is a service provided by CAST to help Web page authors identify and repair significant barriers to access by disabled people.

W3C Conformance

Pages bearing this logo indicate a claim of conformance by the page author or content provider to conformance level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints defined in the Guidelines. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 explain how to make Web content accessible to disabled people. Conformance to these Guidelines will help make the Web more accessible to all users.

RNIB - See It Right

People with very little useful vision may access the internet using speech synthesis or other access technology. Careful design is paramount for people accessing the web in these ways since inappropriate use of HTML can make a website unreadable. The RNIB want to encourage designers to create sites that are accessible to everyone. They also want to provide users with a clear mark of good, accessible website design, so they have created the 'See it Right' Accessible Website logo for sites assessed and judged to have achieved a reasonable standard of accessibility.

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If you are unable to find the information you need or in the format you require, please contact the DAC -


Email - DAC@royalmail.com