Instructions for JAWS users

Accessibility statement

This website is designed to be completely accessible. All information and all features are available using any standards compliant web browser or any assistive tool.

This website complies with the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 level 1 with one exception, and with much of level 2. More details about WCAG 1.0 compliance.

Overview of the website

The front page provides links to all the contents of the site. The most important links are under the "Main Menu" heading.

The front page can be reached from any other page by following a link with the text "Disabilitynet". These links can be found near the top and the bottom of most pages. An access key can also be used, as described later on this page.

The forums and other activities are available to everybody, but in order to write in the forums, or to participate in other ways, you might be required to create an account, in order to be able to log in.

Anyone may create an account in order to participate on disabilitynet. Go to the Login page and follow the instructions there.

Access keys

Access keys are a navigation device enabling you to get around this web site using your keyboard.

This site uses a few access keys of those specified by most international recommendations. The keys are:

Using access keys in different web browsers

Internet Explorer 5+ (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER.
Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Mac OS X)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Safari and Omniweb (Mac OS X)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Konqueror (Linux)
Press and release the Ctrl key, then press the number or letter of the access key.
Internet Explorer 4 (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.
Netscape 6 and earlier (All platforms)
Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.