D•MYST recognises the importance of providing a website that is accessible to all user groups, including the disabled.

Standards Compliance.

Our pages conform at a minimum to Level A compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The majority of Level AA and AAA requirements are also met.

We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).

While we use Bobby to test for accessibility, it is just one aspect of our testing procedure. As a computer programme, the Bobby test is not as reliable as expert evaluation. Pages are also tested in the following screen readers: Jaws for Windows and IBM Homepage Reader.

Navigation Shortcuts
There is a short menu at the start of every page that allows you to jump directly to the most important parts of the page, including main content and navigation. Sighted people who use the keyboard to navigate will see these links appear on screen when using the Tab key to navigate through the page.

Access Keys
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use the mouse for navigation, in browsers that support them. In Internet Explorer on Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key. Then press Enter to activate the link.

Valid CSS
All pages validate as CSS 1.0.

Valid XHTML
All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.

Cross Browser Testing
We recognize that not all site visitors use the same browsers, platforms and hardware. As a result, all pages are tested across a range of different browsers and on both Mac and PC computers. This testing ensures that as many people as possible experience the website as our designers intended.

This brochure adheres to the official house style guidelines of the national Citizens Advice Bureau, designed to ensure more effective, accessible and consistent communications across our service.

This website complies with the e-GIF (electronic government interoperability framework) standards and in particular, Level AAA of the World Wide Web Consortium's accessibility guidelines.

This site uses Accesskeys and are as follows:

  • H: Help
  • M: Site Map
  • S: Skip Navigation
  • 1: Home
  • 2: About Us
  • 3: Get Involved
  • 4: Facts
  • 5: Publicity
  • 6: Goodies

Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)
Hold down the ALT key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER

Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Mozilla (PC)
Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Mozilla (Mac)
Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key

You can also press the TAB key to cycle through the navigation.

Text can be enlarged through your browser text menu, normally located under the VIEW menu.