GWHA Website

Glasgow West Housing Association is fully committed to making the content of this website accessible to all. The website has been designed to comply with existing accessibility standards and guidelines and we review conformance using a variety of online tools, feedback and personal judgement based on experience.

Accessibility statement

This is the official accessibility statement for Glasgow West Housing Association. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at so'connor(at)glasgowwestha(dot)co(dot)uk

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 1 (one) - Home Page
• Access key A - About Us
• Access key H - History
• Access key V - Visions & Aims
• Access key T - Tenancy Services
• Access key P - Property Services
• Access key F - Factoring
• Access key R - Regeneration
• Access key L - LHO
• Access key N - News & Events
• Access key C - Contact Us
• Access key 0 (zero) - Accessibility Page

Standards compliance

We currently comply with the following standards:

1. All pages on this site pass WebXACT™ priority 1 checkpoints (priority 3 with Low Graphics Version). This is always a judgement call; many accessibility features can be measured, but many can not. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
2. All pages on this site is WCAG A approved (Triple-A with Low Graphics Version), complying with all priority 1 (priority 3 with Low Graphics Version) of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Again, this is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
3. All pages on this site validate as HTML 4.01 Transitional. This is not a judgement call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid HTML. For example, check this page for HTML validity.
4. All pages on this site use validated Cascading Style sheets (css) for conformance to W3C recommendations. For example, check this page for css validity.
5. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles.
6. This website has a content rating based on the ICRA labelling system.
   

Content Rating

The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) is an international, non-profit organisation of internet leaders working to make the internet safer for children, while respecting the rights of content providers. This website is ICRA labelled in order that filtering software will allow or block access based on the information declared in the label. ICRA does not rate internet content - the content providers do that, using the ICRA labelling system. The content of the GWHA website is aimed at an adult audience of tenants and residents, however, we believe that there is no material which a parent or guardian would consider unsuitable for children.

Navigation aids

This website provides a consistent navigation system:

1. You can return to the home page at any time by clicking on the GWHA logo at the top-left of any page.
2. All Primary Links (sections) are displayed down the left column and Secondary Links (pages) open under the relevant Primary Link.
3. All pages have a previous, next and up link.
4. All pages include a search box.

Links

1. Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
2. Links are written to make sense out of context.

Images

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

Visual design

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

Accessibility references

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

Accessibility software

1. JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
2. Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
3. Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
4. Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
5. 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.

Accessibility services

1. WebXACT is a free online service that lets you analyze web pages for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues. A full-featured commercial version (Bobby) is also available.
2. HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
3. Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
4. Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.

Related resources

1. WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.
2. Designing More Usable Web Sites, a large list of additional resources.

This statement was adapted from Dive Into Accessibility.

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