Accessibility

This is the official accessibility statement for the Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email us at

Access keys:

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

Access key 0 - Accessibility statement
Access key 1 - Home page
Access key 2 - About SCCYP
Access key 3 - Children's & Young People's Rights
Access key 4 - News & Events
Access key 5 - Policy & Research
Access key 6 - Working with SCCYP
Access key 7 - Links
Access key 8 - Fun & Games
Access key 9 - Contact Us
Access key M - Site Map
Access key T - Terms & Conditions
Access key P - Privacy
Access key F - Freedom of Information


To use accesskeys:

Press and hold the 'Alt' key
Press the letter or number of the accesskey as listed below. Press the return key. You should now be redirected to the page you require.

Standards compliance:

All pages on this site is WCAG A approved, complying wih all priority 1 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Many Priority 2 and 3 guidelines have also been followed in the creation of this web site. Again, this is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.

Images:

All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Visual design:

This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout. This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual
browsers. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

Accessibility references:

W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.

Accessibility software:

JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.