Accessibility Statement

Accessibility and inclusion are central to the Carbon Control website and have underpinned its development. Our vision is that the site should be inclusive and be available to the widest range of users and abilities within our target audience.

The accessibility provision on the site is focused on three main groups:

• Dyslexic users
• Visually impaired users
• Motor impaired (Switch) users.
  

In accordance with the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SENDA) Act 2001 best endeavours have been made to ensure that Carbon Control is accessible and inclusive to all users, including those with disabilities.

Due to the use of Macromedia Flash technology and the interactive nature of some of the activities on Carbon Control, certain users working with assistive technologies may be unable to fully engage with all pages. Every effort has been made to ensure the Flash activities will include accessibility features that ensure that dyslexic, visually impaired and motor impaired users can engage with the content.

Below is a list of accessibility features that are used within Carbon Control:

Accessibility Standards

Accessibility Standards

• Carbon Control conforms to priority 1, Level A WAI compliance for websites.
• Carbon Control conforms to most elements of Level AA WAI compliance for websites.
• Carbon Control conforms to coding standards for HTML, CSS and XML against the appropriate W3C standard.
• Navigation of the site does not require any scripts.
  

Navigational elements

• Alt tags are used in the HTML content throughout the site.
• The site provides a logical tabbing order and all Flash activities are made accessible through tabbing.
• Proprietary keyboard short cuts are not used.

Accessibility features

• The site has been built using XHTML and CSS that allows the user to change the font settings via their preferred browser settings and override the CSS presentation of fonts.

Text-to-Speech

Browse Aloud ™, a free plug-in that reads text out loud can be downloaded and used on the site.

User Testing

Testing has included a cross-section of the widest range of users including children in mainstream and specialist schools and children with motor and visual impairments and dyslexia.