Accessibility Statement for Orbitas

This is an accessibility statement from Orbitas.

Measures to support accessibility

Orbitas takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Orbitas:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Orbitas is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Orbitas.Let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Orbitas Email: webteam@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Orbitas relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Orbitas , there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Orbitas:

  1. Links in pages : We need to make sure that links are distinguished by more than just colour and change appearance when selected. We will examine the style sheet and make changes accordingly within a scheduled review in 18 months time.
  2. PDF documents : Titles and links within long documents because PDF documents come from a variety of sources. We will review documents and make changes accordingly within a scheduled review in 18 months time. If you need a PDF document in a more accessible format contact webteam@cheshireeast.gov.uk.

Assessment approach

Orbitas assessed the accessibility of Orbitas by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • External evaluation

Date

This statement was created on 1 July 2021 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.