Help for Users with Disabilities

This site contains many features to help users with disabilities navigate easily. These include keyboard shortcuts for all major links and special links to enable users to jump over navigation bars to the next item. These features are described below.

Bypassing Navigation Bars

To skip over a navigation bar to the next item follow the link marked 'Jump to content' provided at the start of each large group of links. This will take you to either another group of links, or the page contents.

Using the Tab Key to jump between links

You can use the tab key on your keyboard to jump from one link to the next. All navigation bars in the site provide a logical order for this.

Zooming in and font sizes

This site makes use of stylesheets that allow for flexible resizing of fonts to meet user requirements. The 'ChangeText/Colours' option near the beginning of the page allows you to choose how you want your text to appear.

Alternatively, if you find that font sizes are too small simply increase the default font size used in your web browser software (for example, in Internet Explorer font sizes can be changed in the View Menu under 'Text Size'). This feature may not work correctly in all web browsers.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The following is a list of shortcut keys that enable users (provided their browser software permits) to access links in the site and a number of buttons, or actions by pressing the keys on their keyboard. Depending on the user's browser software the keys below are usually pressed in combination with other keys such as ALT or CTRL. Consult your web browser documentation for further details.

Let us Know

If you encounter any difficulties in using this site please let us know. Email the webmaster

Page layout and navigation

Pages on the website are structured as follows:

  • Global Links: Skip to contents, Skip to section links, About us, News , Library, Publications
  • Search box – key word searching of the website (access key 4)
  • Main navigation ­– links to the main sections of the web site
    - Home
    - Education
    - Health
    - Employment & Training
    - Transport
    - Income
    - Housing
    - Accessibility
    - Attitudes
    - Equality
  • Content – main content for that page, structured using headings and paragraph elements
  • Section navigation – when you select a category in the main navigation panel a list of further navigation links is available for that section
  • Additional links – Accessibility Statement, Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Copyright, Feedback, Freedom of Information, Sitemap

Page last updated: 01/14/2009