Accessibility

Lifeline Australia appreciates that not all people have the same ability to access information - in particular, some people with disabilities find using websites difficult.  To assist these users, and to provide a website that works effectively for all users, we have implemented the following measures.

Standards Compliance

All pages on this website validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use semantically valid markup.  More information on this standard is available from the W3C Organisation.  We also comply with standards for Cascading Stylesheets 2 (CSS2).  For information on why standards compliance is important, the Web Standards Project provides some useful information.  Structured and meaningful Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) has been used to help users access the site via non-visual means, such as users of screen-reading software

Navigation Aids 

Primary Navigation

The primary navigation for this website is provided by a javascript and CSS menu system designed by Cameron Adams and James Edwards. This navigation will degrade gracefully in the event that javascript or CSS are unavailable.  No links on this site rely on javascript 'onclick' events. 

Skip to content link

We have placed a 'skip to content' link at the beginning of every page.  This allows users with text-only browsers, or users reliant on keyboard commands to quickly move their cursor to the content area of the screen.

Search

Users are invited to search our site using the form on this page. Results are listed in order of relevance, and include a description.

Site Map

A detailed sitemap is available to provide fast access to content in this website that may be located deep with a heirachy of pages.

Access Keys

We have implemented access keys that allow easy navigation of our site via keyboard input.  To use access keys: 

For Windows users Press ALT + an access key. If you are using Internet Explorer, you may also need to press Enter.
For Macintosh users Press Control + an access key.

The following are the access keys are available throughout this site:

H = Home page
S = Skip to content
K = View this list of accesskey definitions

1 = Home
2 = About Lifeline
3 = Site Map
4 = Contact Us