Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk – owned by Sporting Heritage CIC in association with the Neurodiverse Museum Project

The Neurodiverse Museum Project lead is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for disabled and impaired people. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility

The Neurodiverse Museum Project lead takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of the www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
  • Appoint an accessibility officer and/or ombudsperson once the resources are in place.
  • Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
  • Include disabled and impaired people in our website design process as design personas.

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. 

www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk is conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. 

The Neurodiverse Museum Project lead is committed to making their website as accessible as possible for persons with visual, hearing, cognitive and motor impairments. The users can:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • navigate the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of NVDA and VoiceOver)

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on our website:

  • E-mail: info@sportingheritage.org.uk
  • Postal address: Sporting Heritage CIC, 49 Wesley Road, Leeds. LS28 6EJ

We try to respond to feedback within 5 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

The www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • All up-to-date browser versions of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, IE 11 with assistive technology on recent versions of operating systems (desktop and mobile) mac OS X, Microsoft Windows & Android and Apple iOS.

The www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website is not compatible with:

  • Browsers older than 3 major versions or mobile operating systems older than 5 years.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of the www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website relies on the following technologies to work with the 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 the www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website, 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 the www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website: Linked documents or external sources: might not work with current assistive technologies because they use outdated technologies that do not support accessibility.

Assessment approach

KreativeInc Agency Ltd assessed the accessibility of the www.theneurodiversemuseum.org.uk website by the following approaches:

  • Manual evaluation
  • Automatic evaluation

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

The Neurodiverse Museum Project lead 
Dr Justine Reilly

Formal complaints

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 5 business days, and to propose a solution within 10 business days.

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, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).