Accessibility of the British Assistive Technology Association website
Website Accessibility Statement
This website has been built to internationally recognised accessible website guidelines produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and aims to reach, even possibly exceed, Level Double-A of those guidelines by meeting all Priority 1, 2 and some additional Level 3 checkpoints.
This page provides information on ways that this website has been written to assist users identify helpful features of this site.
Navigation
Navigation of this site is primarily accomplished via a left hand navigation menu which has a an Access Key link to allow screen-readers to reach the content of each page more rapidly.
| Access Key | Function |
|---|---|
| 0 | Go to the Accessibility page |
| 1 | Go to the Site Map |
| h | Go to the Home page |
| c | Skip to the main content of the current page |
| m | Skip to the main navigation |
How to use Access Keys in your Browser
| Browser | What to do |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 6+ (PC) | Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER |
| Firefox, Mozilla (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key |
| Safari and Omniweb (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key |
| Opera | Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey |
Please note that some assistive technology tools such as the IBM HomePage Reader and WindowEyes already make use of the alt+[access key] combinations. As such, users of these tools will not be able to use these access keys.
Flexibility
This site has been designed using Cascading Style Sheets to allow the user to override the default appearance of the site in a number of ways, the most basic of which is to ensure that users can change their font size easily through their browser options.
Technology
Although this site makes use of certain technologies such as Javascript, it has been built in such a way that if these technologies are turned of in the browser then the resulting output will gracefully degrade. Switching off these technologies should not hinder your viewing of the website and its content.
Point - Online Symbol Support
What does Point do?
Point shows a 'symbol tooltip' whenever you hold your mouse pointer over a word. The symbols in the tooltip box illustrate the concept of the word.
Why should I use Point?
Point can help people with dyslexia, groups who are learning to read and those who don't have English as their first language. Having the symbols appear next to a word is also a useful prompt for anyone reading new or unfamiliar words.
How do I turn Point on and off?
On each page you will see the 'Enable/Disable Point' button e.g. 
Click the button to turn Point on and off.
Who made Point?
Point is a new website plug-in from Widgit. Widgit have pioneered the use of symbols to support learning and communication for more than 25 years and remain at the leading edge of development in the field.
With Point, Widgit hopes to extend access to the internet to a much wider range of readers. Widgit have always believed that no matter what your level of reading, you should have fair and equal access to text-based materials.
For more information, visit www.widgit-online.com
PDFs
While wherever possible we have provided an HTML version of content on this website, some content is provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For information on how to access this content with specialist browsers please visit http://access.adobe.com/
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free.
Further Information
Additional information on various aspects of accessibility issues can be found at http://diveintoaccessibility.org/ or the official W3C guidelines are available at http://www.w3.org/WAI/.
