Accessibility Statement

Because it's important to think of all

What's this?

Chris Newton is committed in attempting to meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act and make every effort to ensure its media is accessible to those with special needs, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive and motor impairments.

I have looked to make this web site adhere to priority 1, 2 and 3 guidelines of the
W3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines .

The code used to create the site validates as XHTML 1.1 and the CSS 2 has also been validated.

Links

Many links have title attributes which describe the link in further detail, and in the majority of cases the text of the link already fully describes the target. Wherever possible, links are written to make sense out of context.

Link text is never duplicated. Two links on the same page with the same link text always point to the same address.

Links to our policies, including our Privacy Statement, our Terms & Conditions and this Accessibility Statement appear at the bottom of every page.

Images

Decorative and functional images feature use null ALT attributes. Other images on the site include descriptive ALT attributes.

Colour

Foreground and background colours contrast well throughout the site, with the majority of content appearing a light off white on dark grey. Colour is never used as a sole method of grouping data.

Layout

The site is free of frames and uses a cascading style sheet for visual layout. Tables are used for tabular data, but we have avoided using them to dictate the layout of a page wherever possible.

Javascript

The site has been configured to allow users access to its full range of functionality whether or not they have java script enabled in their browsers. Where java script is used, it is only used to enhance the user experience. It is never essential.