Accessibility Statement

The Mature Study project team is committed to ensuring access to online materials for people with disabilities. This website aims to comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 at the priority 1 and 2 level.

If you have any difficulty accessing the online materials on this website due to a disability or wish to provide feedback regarding the accessibility features of this website please contact:

Leonie Challans

Regional Disability Liaison Officer, Adelaide and Environs

E-mail: leonie.challans@unisa.edu.au

Standards Compliance

Each of the pages of the Mature Study website:

comply with priority 1 and 2 WW3C guidelines for web accessibility
awarded a Double AA rating from Bobby
use structured semantic markup

Visual Design

this website uses cascading style sheets for visual layout
style sheets have been used to control the layout and presentation of information and images
if a users browser does not support the use of style sheets the documents contained in this website can be read without them
absolute rather than relative font sizes have been used in order to re size text to a larger size
information conveyed with colour is available without colour
the foreground and background colour have been chosen to provide a significant contrast to enable users with a colour deficiency or black and white screen to view them
information conveyed on this website does not rely on colour alone
header elements (H1 to H6) have been used to convey the structure of information on each page
markup lists have been used to list items for example bulleted list dot points
the website is designed so that the screen does not flicker
this website does not include content that blinks
this website has been designed to have a consistent presentation displayed on each page

Web Pages

the pages in this website are usable when scripts, applets or other problematic objects are turned off or not supported
page title, description and key words metadata has been added to each page
information about the general layout of the site is outlined in the site map to assist users navigate around the site and to identify links of interest and importance
users are informed when a current window is changed. For example when a PDF file is opened
each page has been designed without frames to assist users with screen readers navigate more easily through the website
this website endeavours to use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner
users can use the TAB and ALT key to navigate around the site without the use of a mouse

Use of Information

the first occurrence of an acronym has been expanded on each page
a glossary has been included to define all acronyms and key words used in the content
large blocks of information have been divided into small manageable groups to assist the reader identify relevant information
this website uses clear and simple language to convey its contents and navigation methods

Multimedia

transcripts accompany all video footage as an alternative to auditory and visual content
the video footage in this website has a control panel to pause or stop (freeze) moving content

Images

images on this website are no larger than 600 pixels wide
all portrait orientation pictures are 180 pixels wide
landscape orientation pictures are a maximum of 490 pixels wide

Documents

PDF files on this website can be read by JAWS version 6.0 in conjunction with Adobe version 7.0
text files have been used to accompany all PDF files to provide an alternative source of content for screen readers

Accessibility References

Interested in providing feedback on the accessibility features of this website?

Please contact: