ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

We believe that web content should be accessible to all; whether a user is able-bodied or not. In response we apply W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines to all our web products in a way that offers real benefits for the partially sighted and physically disabled, without compromising the experience of other users. We also apply HTML 4/XHTML 1.0 and standards for metadata which help ensure cross-browser/platform compatibility and may also improve the experience of the visually and physically impaired.

Our commitment and skills in this area are illustrated by UKOLN selecting one of our recent products as an exemplar of accessible Web content (this site was developed for The Media Trust and is included on this CD).

We do sometimes use techniques that are considered to be bad practice from the perspective of accessibility or usability, but ONLY if our clients specify those practices and ONLY after we have highlighted the problems their use may generate for some (or all) users.