Website accessibility
Accessibility statement for Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention
Website accessibility statement inline with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
This accessibility statement applies to: https://centrepsp.org/
This website is run by the Interactive Content team, Learning, Teaching and Web directorate within Information Services Group (ISG) at The University of Edinburgh. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- using your browser settings, change colours, contrast levels and fonts while retaining most functionality;
- operate with mobile devices in both landscape and portrait modes;
- use the website without encountering any time limits.
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
Customising the website
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
AbilityNet – My computer my way With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website to make it easier to read and navigate.
Addtional information on how to customise our website appearance
How accessible this website is
- text-to-speech assistive technologies (including Job Access with Speech (JAWS) and NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA)) are not necessarily compatible with all browser configurations when using this website;
- speech-to-text assistive software (for example, Dragon NaturallySpeaking) is not necessarily compatible with all browser configurations when using this website;
- magnification beyond 300% may lead to reflow issues, where horizontal scrolling is necessary to see all content;
- colour contrasts do not necessarily meet the recommended Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA standard;
- alternative text is not present on all non-text content;
- address the use of italics;
- some content has numerous empty links, redundant links and title text.
Feedback and contact information
- email CPSP@ed.ac.uk
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
- email interactive-content@ed.ac.uk
- telephone +44 (0)131 650 8384
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly:
Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)
The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:
Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website
Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language
British Sign Language service
contactSCOTLAND-BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The full guidelines are available at: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard
Non accessible content
Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations
- Not all non-text content presented to users has alternative text
- Captions are not available for all video content, (YouTube auto-generated)
- Colour contrasts do not meet required levels in places
- Content can not be presented without loss of information or functionality above 300%, requiring the user to scroll in two dimensions
- Visual information to identify user interface components, such as keyboard focus, do not always have a sufficient contrast ratio
- Screen readers are not always able to interact with sections of the website
Disproportionate burden
We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
Publications > Annual reports are not part of the current website and are therefore outwith the scope of the accessibility regulations for this report
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will continue to address the accessibility issues highlighted, either through delivery of a solution or suitable workaround.
Whilst we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues, or where we are unable, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website.
Accessibility improvements
February 2023
- Many low contrast errors rectified.
- Missing alternative text resolved for more images in the WordPress media library.
- Missing footer links resolved.
- “Skip to main content” button added.
- Keyboard navigation improvement on menu.
- Mobile identity added.
- Empty link errors fixed.
- Corrected the missing form label.
- Added ability to ‘pause’ slideshow on landing page.
- Reduced motion used on menus, images and buttons.
- Add meaningful text to buttons.
How we tested this website
This website was last tested on February 2023. The test was carried internally by the Interactive Content service within the Information Services Group. Our primary web accessibility evaluation tools were:
- WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) from WebAIM
- Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA) from the Paciello Group.
The sample pages tested cover all published content types and design templates. We tested:
- our main homepage
- and a standard content/resource page (e.g. The Problem of pesticide poisoning, Blog).