Accessibility

Ridgeons Independent Living Centre is always looking to improve it's web sites and make them easier to use. We have designed our site in accordance with guidelines laid down by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and the RNIB.

The guidelines include:

• Using meaningful ALT text for all images to provide descriptive text.
• Using descriptive hyperlink text where necessary.
• Avoiding the use of frames, which are difficult for special browsers to interpret.
• Provide navigational short cuts for users of text only browsers and page readers.
• Using an easy-to-see web colour scheme.
• Using an easy to read font type, size and colour.

Changing the Way You View Our Site

If you want to alter the size of the text displayed on this site you can change the option in your Internet browser.

To Enlarge Text

To enlarge the text on this websiet you can either use the links at the top of each page A A A, or you can follow these instructions;

• On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
• On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
• Tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box
• Click on 'OK'
• Click 'text size'
• Choose the size of text
• The text size can be changed in Internet Explorer through the View > Text Size menu. And in Mozilla/Netscape, through the View > Text Zoom menu.
• To increase the text size of this site, simply hold the CTRL key (PC) or CMD key (MAC) and use your mouse scroll up or down.
• If your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

Browser Support

Ridgeons Independent Living Centre have built its website to operate on a wide range of browsers. Below is a list of browsers the site has been tested in;

Windows PC

• Internet Explorer 7, 6 and 5.5
• Mozilla Firefox 2 and newer
• Netscape Navigator 7.0
• Opera 7.5 and newer

Apple Macintosh

• Safari 2 and newer
• Mozilla Firefox 2 and newer