Accessibility
This website is designed by Grampian Fasteners 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.
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.