Accessibility
We want this website to be used by lots of different people - people with learning disabilities, carers and health professionals.
We want it to be as easy to use as possible.
Different groups of people with learning difficulties have given their feedback on the website.
We have also asked many health professionals from across the country what they think.
This has helped us to make the website better.
All pages on the site meet all standards that come under the Web Access Initiative (WAI) Level A or Priority 1. These are are guidelines for making things accessible to disabled people.
Pages also meet most guidelines for Level AA or Priority 2 which is an even higher standard of accessibility.
We designed the website using CSS layout. This is a way of making a website that does not use tables.
The website 'validates' as (uses) HTML1.1
Getting around ('navigating' the website)
The website has ways of helping you get around the site, for example forward and back buttons.
We have designed the website so people with 'screen readers' can use it.
A browser is a program that you use to get onto the internet.
There are lots of different browsers.
We have worked hard to make sure that this site can be used by as many browsers as possible.
We have tested the website using:
Mozilla Firefox (version 1.0.3 on PC and 1.0 on MAC)
Microsoft Internet Explorer (versions 5.01, 5.5 on PC)
Netscape Navigator (version 7.2 on PC)
Opera (version 1.3 on MAC)
Some browsers do not show pictures or different styles.
We have tried to make the website as easy to open as possible.
Some links may open a new window.
The documents on the website are PDF (portable document format) or Microsoft Word.
Access Keys
We do not use 'access keys'. Access Keys are where you can jump to parts of the web-page using the keyboard.
The reasons why we do not use access keys are because:
1. Assistive technologies help disabled people access computers. If a website has access keys it can get in the way for people using assistive technologies.
2. Most people using websites do not know about access keys and there are no standards across different sites.
We want to hear from you
If you have any questions or feedback about our website please contact us by:
- Using the 'Contact Us' form in this website. Please click here to go to the form
- Phoning 020 8879 6333
- By post to Generate, 73 Summerstown, London, SW17 0BQ.
We are always keen to hear from you. We will give whatever help or advice we can.