Accessibility
Using our website
The HTML markup is based on the “Bootstrap” framework and best practices in accessibility are adhered to according to Bootstrap’s documentation, which follows WCAG 2.1 guidelines. This includes use of ARIA attributes, logical structural markup and visually hidden interactive controls.
More information is available at https://getbootstrap.com/docs/
HTML is constructed with semantics in mind and is tested with Google Chrome’s “Lighthouse” tool during development. Tests include:
- Screen reading technology is supported through the use of “skip links”, accessible names on visible links and buttons and “alt” attributes on images.
- Background and foreground colours have a sufficient contrast ratio
- Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
- Focusable elements have a unique `id` to ensure that they’re visible to assistive technologies
- The <html> element has a valid value for its “lang” attribute
- Form elements have associated labels
- Browser zooming is enabled on all devices