Accesibility

At CHICKS, we value all visitors to our site equally. Therefore, we attempt to make our web site as accessible as possible.

We try to achieve this using a number of approaches:

ACCESS KEYS

Most browsers support jumping to specific links using keys defined by the web site. In Windows, you can press "Alt" together with an access key (or "Shift" + "Alt" in FireFox 2.0), on a Mac use "Ctrl" and an access key. If you are using Internet Explorer, you will have to press the Return key afterwards, Firefox or Netscape jump straightaway.

We provide access keys on all pages for easy access to all the main sections of the site. These keys are identical throughout the site, and have the following function:

0 Accessibility statement
1 Home
2 About us
3 Latest news
4 Get involved
5 Refer a child
6 Support us
7 Contact us
7 Site map
9 Help

All links on the site are TAB indexed and can be reached using the TAB key and pressing ENTER to activate the link as an alternative to using a mouse

WEB STANDARDS, CSS AND SEMANTIC CODING

We use standards-based, semantic coding throughout the site, and employ CSS to style the pages. This allows the visitors with special needs to switch off stylesheets altogether, or override them with their own.

If you have any questions about this, or have any suggestions for improvements, please get in contact with us.