Website Accessibility

It is important to us that our site is accessible to every Internet user, irrespective of disability or special needs. Information on how people with different disabilities access the web can be found in the article "How People with Disabilities use the Web". Mobility Freedom Direct also supports RNIB's Campaign for Good Web Design.

Standards Compliance

The majority of pages are A compliant and all pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. All pages use structured semantic markup.

Design

We have used a common accessible design throughout the website rather than providing text only pages for disabled users.

Any device or software capable of displaying Web content can access information from this website, including text-only browsers, audio browsers, screen-reading and screen magnification software. A small number of site visitors using older and non-standards-compliant browsers will notice a less visually rich site design. While all browsers will display all content, the use of these older browsers may affect how this content appears visually on the page.

Style Sheets

This site incorporated Cascading Style Sheets, which enabled users to customise these pages to suit their own needs using their own styles. The site text and background colours can all be overridden with your own preferences, catering for your needs. This is usually possible in the browser option or accessibility settings but please consult your software help option for any information regarding this.

For example, you can change text size in Internet Explorer by going to 'View > Text Size'.

Graphics, Pictures and Images

Where we have used graphics, pictures and images, we have included text descriptions ('Alt-Tags'), to comply with internationally recognised Web accessibility guidelines. All graphical navigation buttons are similarly 'Alt-tagged'. Where graphical images are just for decoration they have NULL alt text (alt="").

Access Keys

A feature used to improve ease of navigation is the use of Access Keys. These are shortcut keys used to gain instant access to important or common parts of the site. The current list of Access Keys on the site is:

Number -  0 -  takes you to this Access Key list.

Number -  1 -  takes you to the Home Page.

Number -  2 -  takes you to the About Us Page.

Number -  3 -  takes you to the Contact Us Page.

Number -  3 -  takes you to the Accessibility Information Page.

Number -  4 -  takes you to the Links Page.

Number -  5 -  takes you to the VAT Exemption Page.

Number -  7 -  takes you to the Ordering Page

Number -  8 -  takes you to the Terms and Conditions Page

Number -  9 -  takes you to the Privacy Policy Page

Products Section

Letter -  S -  takes you to Site Map with a full textual index of categories and products.

To use the Access Keys on your system, please follow these steps as they vary slightly across browsers and operating systems:

• In Internet Explorer 6 on PC, use Alt plus the Access Key then Enter.
• In Netscape 6 on PC, use Alt plus Access Key to activate the shortcut.
• In Netscape 6 or Internet Explorer 5 on Mac, use Ctrl plus Access Key.

Please consult your software help option for information regarding other platforms.

Language

We follow best practice guidelines for plain English to make this web site easy to read and understand.

Frames

We have not used frames throughout this site.

Scripting

The site is fully accessible if scripting is unavailable.