The LIFE-AR website is designed to be as accessible and easy to use as possible. We want all users to be able to access the information on this site, including people with sight problems, or hearing, mobility or cognitive impairments.
This page describes some of the accessibility guidelines that we have followed when developing LIFE-AR website.
Code and design
The code used to build this website complies with the guidelines on accessibility issued by the World Wide Web Consortium. We are working to ensure that any additional elements on this site also comply with accessibility standards.
This site uses cascading style sheets (CSS) for visual layout, which facilitates the use of screen readers. The site also uses relative font sizes, which means that users can specify different text sizes in visual browsers.
This website has a responsive design that adapts automatically to the size of the screen on which it is being displayed. It is also developed with a focus to limit page size and download time, to ensure users with low bandwidth can easily access the content.
Keyboard shortcuts – access keys
Access keys are keyboard combinations that let you focus on any particular part of a page without using a mouse. We have chosen not to set up access keys on this site because doing so may conflict with any personal access keys that you may have set up on your computer.
Navigation and search
The main navigation menu appears at the top of every page to enable easy access to key sections of the site.
Links are highlighted in green text and are underlined, and we aimed to systematically ensure that the link text describes what is being linked to. To help people who use screen readers, we aim to ensure that the link text makes sense when taken out of context.
A search box is available at the top of all pages, allowing you to type in your search terms and search the site.
An additional search for solely publications is available from our Resource page.
Images
All images with relevant content are published with 'alt text', a tag that provides text information about the image. This text can be read by screen readers and is displayed instead of the image in browsers that don't load images.
Purely decorative images on the site don't have an alt text tag. This means that screen readers will ignore them.
Language
Every effort is made to ensure that the English and French used in this site is clear, simple and straightforward to read. We aim to ensure all content is available in both languages.
Technical help
For information on technical issues such as accessing different types of media files, or if you find any aspect of this site difficult to use, please contact us to provide feedback.