Accessibility

Martin Ward Anderson strives to provide the most user-friendly experience to all users of the website, including the disabled.

We have implemented the following accessibility features on this website to make it easier to use for people with disabilities. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you experience any difficulty using it.
We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) at www.disability.gov.uk/dda/

Please note: While we aim to provide full accessibility in all new content on the website, some of our older pages may not yet meet all the standards outlined here. Accessibility features on this website: the following features improve navigation for screen reader users, keyboard navigation and users of text-only browsers. Site Map: each page has a link to the site map in the main navigation.

Each main section has an access key associated with it. Sighted users who use the keyboard to navigate will see these links appear on screen when using the Tab key to navigate through the page.

Access keys

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use the mouse for navigation in browsers that support them. In Internet Explorer on Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key. Then press Enter to activate the link. The following access keys are available throughout the website:

Key Shortcut

• 1 Homepage
• 2 Employers
• 3 Jobseekers
• 4 Job search
• 5 Candidate Registration / Login
• 6 Interim
• 7 Contact Us
• 8 Privacy Policy
• 9 Site Map
• 0 Access Key Details

These access keys have been chosen to follow the UK government e-envoy's guidelines where applicable, in order to support the adoption of a useful standard. Wherever possible, they also avoid conflicting with commonly used screen reader keyboard shortcuts.
Images

All content images used in this site include descriptive alt attributes. Purely decorative graphics include empty alt attributes.

Font sizes

You may change the font size of this document to your preference through your browser: In Internet Explorer, select View, then Text Size, and then your preferred size. In Netscape select View, then Text Zoom, and then your preferred percentage size.

Forms

All forms follow a logical Tab sequence. Labels are associated with fields using HTML label tags.
Scripting

While JavaScript is used frequently on the site to improve usability; all pages and processes are still accessible and usable if JavaScript is not available.

Accessibility references

• W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
• W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
• The RNIB's Web accessibility at a glance
• The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) www.disability.gov.uk/dda
• Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows.
• JAWS, a screen reader for Windows.
• Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
• Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
• Windows-Eyes, a screen reader for Windows.
• PwWebSpeak, a screen reader for Windows.