Accessibility

This website is designed by motoGF to be accessible to all users, and to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

The DDA was passed in 1995 (and updated in 1999 & 2004) to end the discrimination facing many disabled people, including when using the Internet. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were set out by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1999 to give checkpoints for accessible web design that complies with the DDA.

This website follows the guidelines relating to accessibility as set out by the W3C. In many cases our pages conform to the prioriy 3 guidelines (Triple-A), but all pages should conform to the priority 2 guidelines (Double-A) as a minimum.

For this reason we display the appropriate conformance icon at the footer of all our pages as shown below.

Level Double-A conformance icon

What are Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0?

In the words of w3.org who publish the guidelines:

These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all Web content developers (page authors and site designers) and for developers of authoring tools. The primary goal of these guidelines is to promote accessibility. However, following them will also make Web content more available to all users, whatever user agent they are using (e.g., desktop browser, voice browser, mobile phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.) or constraints they may be operating under (e.g., noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in a hands-free environment, etc.). Following these guidelines will also help people find information on the Web more quickly. These guidelines do not discourage content developers from using images, video, etc., but rather explain how to make multimedia content more accessible to a wide audience.(Copyright © 1999 W3C, (MIT, ERCIM, Keio University). All Rights Reserved.

The complete version of the guidelines can be found here.

What are the different priority levels?

Each checkpoint has a priority level assigned by the Working Group based on the checkpoint's impact on accessibility.

Priority 1

A Web content developer must satisfy this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it impossible to access information in the document. Satisfying this checkpoint is a basic requirement for some groups to be able to use Web documents.(Copyright © 1999 W3C, (MIT, ERCIM, Keio University). All Rights Reserved.

Priority 2

A Web content developer should satisfy this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it difficult to access information in the document. Satisfying this checkpoint will remove significant barriers to accessing Web documents.(Copyright © 1999 W3C, (MIT, ERCIM, Keio University). All Rights Reserved.

Priority 3

A Web content developer may address this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it somewhat difficult to access information in the document. Satisfying this checkpoint will improve access to Web documents.(Copyright © 1999 W3C, (MIT, ERCIM, Keio University). All Rights Reserved.

For the complete checklist for each priority level, please visit W3C.