Housing Options > Accessibility Statement | A Housing Advisory Service for People with Learning Disabilities

Housing Options is committed to providing information and services to as wide an audience as possible as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). We have taken steps to make the Housing Options website user friendly and accessible for all users.

This website has been designed within web accessibility guidelines issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We have followed these guidelines and integrated additional accessibility features to ensure that the code and content of our site is as accessible as possible.

If you have any difficulty accessing information or if you would like further information about our accessibility approach, please contact enquiries@housingoptions.org.uk.

Background and Text Colour

Care has been taken to ensure that foreground and background colours on the site contrast effectively however visitors can change the contrast - the background and text colours - according to preferences using their browser settings.
Find out how to change background and text colours - Windows Users | Mac Users

Keyboard Navigation

This website has been designed so that you don't need a mouse or any specific pointing device to use it.
The site can be navigated using the 'Tab' key to move between links and then pressing 'Enter' to select one.
To go back to the previous page, use the 'Backspace' key. In most web browsers you can also use:

The 'Up' or 'Down' buttons to move up or down the webpage in small steps - a few lines at a time.
The 'Page Up' or 'Page Down' buttons to move up or down the page in larger steps - a screen full at a time.
The 'Home' or 'End' buttons to jump to the top or bottom of a webpage.

Skip Navigation Links

A 'Skip to Content' link has been included on every page to aid users of text-only and audio browsers - rather then having to tab through all the navigation links manually at the start of every page the user can jump immediately down to the main content of the page.

Javascript

Where Javascript is used, we have provided a working alternative for visitors who may have Javascript turned off.

Consistent Page Headings and Titles

A consistent heading and logical document structure has been used so that page information is compatible with access technology.

Icons

The following icons are used on the Housing Options website:
Skip to Content Link
Email Address
Telephone Number
Members Area
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External Website. Opens in New Window.
Downloadable PDF
Downloadable DOC
Windows Users
Mac Users

Downloading Files - Help with PDFs

To view any file in Portable Document Format (PDF) downloaded from this site, you need the Adobe Reader program. Should you not have this program installed on your system it is freely available from the Adobe website - Download Adobe Reader.

Links to PDF files through out the Housing Options website are illustrated with this icon.

Adobe Reader includes 'Read Out Loud' feature which will read a page or a whole document out loud. Open a PDF in Adobe Reader, then go to the 'View' menu and select 'Read Out Loud' and choose from the available options.

Useful information about services to make Acrobat documents more accessible is provided on Adobe's website.
Adobe Acrobat Support
Adobe Accessibility Resource Centre

Downloading Files - Help with DOCs

To view any Microsoft Word Documents (DOC) downloaded from this site, you need the Microsoft Word program. Should you not have this program installed on your system Microsoft provide a free Word file viewer that can open, view, print and copy Word documents - Download Microsoft Word Viewer.

Links to DOC files through out the Housing Options website are illustrated with this icon.

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