Accessibility Statement
Every effort has been made to make this site as Accessible as possible. The site is coded to conform with and validate against W3C standards as well as meeting the WAI Level AAA standard. If you encounter any problems whilst using this site please contact me immediately and I will look into as soon as possible.
This site validates as XHTML 1.1.
The CSS used to control this site validates.
The site passes the WAI-AAA level check for Accessibility.
The site passes the 508 Guidelines for Accessibility.
Disability Discrimination Act
The current legislation in the United Kingdom states websites that offer goods and services to the public must comply with the Disability Discrimination Act. The relevant parts of the DDA have been in force since October 1999. The related Code of Practice was published by the Disabled Rights Commission in May 2002.
The Code of Practice specifically mentions websites, e.g.,
"An airline company provides a flight reservation and booking service to the public on its website. This is a provision of a service and is subject to the act." Page 13, point 2.17.
Bert Massie, DRC Chairman, speaking on April 14, 2004 said,
"Organisations that offer goods and services over the Web already have a legal duty to make their websites accessible to disabled people."