Accessibility policy
Our commitment to making our website accessible
We are committed to making our website as accessible as possible – to ensure that it can be used by everyone, regardless of any disability they may have.
Core tasks
All of our website users should be able to carry out all of the tasks on our websites, including; filling in forms, ordering publications, reading content and downloading documents.
The accessibility page on our website tells users how they can get help to see, hear, navigate and read and understand the website.
Accessible PDFs
We try to make PDF files on our websites accessible to screen readers but we can’t guarantee that all content of every PDF online is accessible. As an alternative we provide a link to Adobe’s online PDF conversion tool that converts the files to HTML 3.2 or text file format.
Exceptions
Some of our newer content has not yet been tested for current accessibility guidelines. This content will be tested shortly. The Accessibility page asks users to contact us if they are unable to access any content.
Awareness of the policy
Making websites accessible is a legal requirement. Anyone who adds content to the HMIC website is briefed on accessibility standards.
Ensuring continued accessibility
Our annual accessibility review and testing will ensure that we are made aware of any accessibility issues which we will then fix.