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Lawson Bishop recognises the importance of providing a web site that is accessible to all our clients and candidates, including those with disabilities. Our accessibility standards are in place with the intention of making the content accessible to the widest audience possible. We have tried to adhere to best practices, and have complied with W3C standards wherever possible. We understand that this web site can be even further compliant with regards to accessibility, and will be making inroads in improving this on future releases.
Optimal recommended Browsers and Screen Resolutions for this web site:
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Internet Explorer - Version 6.0 + |
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Mozilla Firefox - Version 1.5 + |
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Screen Resolutions - 1024 x 768 pixels / 1280 x 1024 pixels |
Accessibility features on this web site:
Navigation menus are marked up as HTML lists. This ensures that the links in the list are read out at
the start and can be skipped easily.
All images used on this site include descriptive attribute tags. Purely decorative graphics include empty attribute tags.
There is a Text Only version of this web site that is accessible by clicking here or by using the link on the bottom left of the home page next to the accessibility icon.
Changing Text Size:
Cascading style sheets (CSS) are used to set the colour and size of the text within each page. The formatting can be overridden by doing the following:
Internet Explorer
Select
- Tools - Internet Options - Accessibility (Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages).
Alternatively select View then Text Size in your browser to adjust the size of the text (has varying results).
Mozilla Firefox
Unfortunately Mozilla have been slow on integrating accessibility features within their browsers, however you can do the following to adjust the size of text (has varying results):
Select - View - Text Size
(Ctr ++, Ctr -- , and Ctr+0 adjust the text size accordingly too).
Netscape Browser
Select - View - Text Size (Ctr ++, Ctr -- , and Ctr+0 adjust the text size accordingly too).
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) - part of the W3C has some very useful details on how to change Text Sizes or Colours across multiple browsers. Click here to visit this resource.
JavaScript
JavaScript has been used on this site purely for decoration on Link Navigation and Tooltips. In order to experience this site as it's meant to be, it is recommended that you allow JavaScript from this site in your browser.
PDF Documents
This website uses PDF files for certain documents, which can be read with Adobe's Acrobat Reader Software. Further details on Acrobat's accessibility features can be found by clicking here.
Adobe also have a free online tool that converts PDF documents to HTML or Text, please click here
for more details on this.
Adobe Acrobat Reader reaches 87.8% of Internet viewers, and can be installed across multiple browsers and platforms. Click on the image below if you would like to install, or update this reader.
Macromedia Flash
Flash content has been used on this website purely for decorative purposes, and can be viewed
with Adobe's Macromedia Flash Player. Further details on Macromedia's accessibility features can be found by clicking here.
Macromedia Flash content reaches 97.7% of Internet viewers, and can be installed across multiple browsers and platforms. Click on the image below if you would like to install, or update this player.
If you have any ideas or suggestions with regards to improving accessibility on this web site, then please contact us via the contact details on the top right area of this page, or via the Contact Us
link
on the navigation bar.
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